Circumcision Unethical and Unlawful Says Ethics Article
Male circumcision is ethically inappropriate and unlawful says an article by M. Fox and M. Thomson, both in the School of Law, Keele University, UK, in the current issue of the Journal of Medical Ethics.
(PRWEB) August 10, 2005 -- Male circumcision is ethically inappropriate and
unlawful says an article by M. Fox and M. Thomson, both in the School of Law,
Keele University, UK, in the current issue of the Journal of Medical
Ethics.
“We conclude that it is ethically inappropriate to subject
children–male or female–to the acknowledged risks of circumcision and contend
that there is no compelling legal authority for the common view that male
circumcision is lawful.”
The article exposes circumcision proponents as
“evangelists” and their continued commitment to mass circumcision “problematic
in a number of respects.”
Ethical concerns for circumcision has come
under increasingly harsh review as medical and cultural issues are labeled moot
or insignificant compared to the child’s human rights including that of
self-determination.
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Source : http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/8/prweb270519.htm