German court bans circumcision as assault on children via @independent_ie.
JEWISH and Muslim groups in Germany condemned a court ruling yesterday that deemed circumcision to be equivalent to grievous bodily harm.
The court in Cologne declared that the procedure violated a child’s “fundamental right to bodily integrity”. Religious groups claimed the ruling could lead to “circumcision tourism”.
The court said the right of the child outweighed that of parents in what legal experts said could be a landmark case.
Peter "Just Loves Flying" 
Jun 29, 2012 @ 16:00:34
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Jun 29, 2012 @ 16:45:12
Bravo. The fact that child circumcision impedes a person’s “fundamental right to bodily integrity” seems like a basic fact but because circumcision is so widely accepted this is overlooked. I’m sure the people who would like to have this done to their children view the ruling as interceding on their freedoms but I think it puts the decision exactly where it should be – with the person most affected by it. If a child grows up and wants to be circumcised for religious, cultural, or aesthetic reasons then more power to him/her. It amazes me how we, adults, are so comfortable usurping the rights of children. As if being a child makes you less of a person.
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