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April 6, 2023 7:06pm

#Circumcision?
THE PHYSICAL INTEGRITY OF THE CHILD TAKES PRECEDENCE OVER THE BELIEF SYSTEM OF THE PARENTS

The Belgian federal government’s Committee for Bio-Ethics has ruled against the circumcision of infant boys for reasons other than medical necessity. Its ruling states that bodily integrity is more important than religious faith.
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“As circumcision is irreversible and therefore a radical operation, we find the physical integrity of the child takes precedence over the belief system of the parents,” the committee chair Marie-Geneviève Pinsart pronounced.

https://www.thebulletin.be/ethics-committee-rules-against-infant-circumcision

Ethics committee rules against infant circumcision

The Belgian federal government’s Committee for Bio-Ethics has ruled against the circumcision of infant boys for reasons other than medical necessity. Its ruling states that bodily integrity is more important than religious faith.