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01-06-2021 | Circumcision | Original Paper

Is Physical Alteration a Sufficient Reason to Prohibit Ritual Infant Circumcision?

Author: Allan J. Jacobs

Published in: Journal of Religion and Health | Issue 3/2021

Abstract

European culture and thought have long disfavored ritual child circumcision, which is obligatory to Jews and Muslims. Much opposition to this practice hinges on the notion that it represents an unwarranted unconsented physical assault on the child. This article takes issue with that conclusion. Furthermore, even if one were to grant this conclusion, the offense is not of sufficient magnitude to warrant government action to halt the practice. On the other hand, suppression of ritual child circumcision may represent an attack against cultures and societies in which circumcision is practiced.

The differential treatment of girls and boys without abandoning circumcision of boys is an issue that non-traditional Jews are trying to address, however (Cohen 2005).

Kant was mistaken in stating that traditional Judaism does not accept an afterlife.

At any rate, the scope of these phenomena may be exaggerated. Earp (2016, 142) quotes, apparently as fact, the claims of a manufacturer of an epispasm device estimate that hundreds of thousands of men are attempting circumcision reversal via epispasm. My own conversations with urologists suggest that they do not see many patients seeking circumcision reversal, or men who have attempted this. The actual rarity of epispasm is suggested by the sparse peer-reviewed literature on the subject (Özer & Timmermans, 2020).

In the USA, limitation of parental authority requires demonstration of actual or likely neglect or abuse, using the strict “clear and convincing” standard. Parents may, for example, arbitrarily deny children access to their grandparents (Troxel v. Granville, 530 US 57, 68–69 (2000)) and can commit their child to a mental hospital without a formal hearing (Parham v. J.R., 442 U.S. 584 (1979)).

I believe that the pain of infant circumcision should be minimized through appropriate analgesia, as infants do not learn forbearance from being circumcised. But the pain inherent an expertly performed circumcision does not justify banning the procedure since, as I have noted, ritual infant circumcision conveys other advantages.

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Title: Is Physical Alteration a Sufficient Reason to Prohibit Ritual Infant Circumcision?
Author: Allan J. Jacobs
Publication date: 01-06-2021
Publisher: Springer US
Keywords: Circumcision
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Published in: Journal of Religion and Health / Issue 3/2021
Print ISSN: 0022-4197
Electronic ISSN: 1573-6571
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-020-01139-9

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