Was just talking at dinner with family, and it seems a logical action to ban circumcision, as in most cases, doesn’t have consent, and is a major (genitals are important) body modification. Can we ban it at the state level? Just a thought.

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    In which case it is cosmetic surgery.

    One does not Botox an infant.

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      7 months ago

      In some cases it’s functional. Not all genitals grow as they’re supposed to.

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        … And that would be the very very very very rare medically necessary intervention.

        Stop conflating medically necessary intervention and mutilation.

        Some people are born with webbed toes, we don’t cut them up because “my dad did it to me and I’m alright”.

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          Too many very for today’s society where genetic anomalies and cancerous growths are on the rise.