Circumcision of male infants as a human rights violation
Every infant has a right to bodily integrity. Removing healthy tissue from an infant is only permissible if there is an immediate medical indication. In the case of infant male circumcision there is no evidence of an immediate need to perform the procedure. As a German court recently held, any benef...
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BMJ Publ.
2013
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Journal of medical ethics
Year: 2013, Volume: 39, Issue: 7, Pages: 469-474 |
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