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Out of interest / as a thought experiment, would your view change in the following scenario?
- it was a policy decision carried out safely at childbirth in hospitals in developing countries where there is a high incidence of STIs;
- the policy was based on additional data supporting the correlation between circumcision and lower transmission of STIs?
Sort of thinking about similarities/contrasts with the anti-vac arguments, and at what levels people are happy to remove individual freedoms to benefit society as a whole.
- it was a policy decision carried out safely at childbirth in hospitals in developing countries where there is a high incidence of STIs;
hugo7
One is more abhorrent than the other, however it is still unneeded surgery on a child due to belief in fairy stories.