I signed the e-petition to ban circumcision of boys under 18. the wording wasn't perfect but I felt it worth clicking to add my support. This is the Prime Minister's response which came to my inbox today
http://www.pm.gov.uk/output/Page14160.asp
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WTF?
http://www.pm.gov.uk/output/Page14160.asp
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The NHS must provide a comprehensive health service and circumcision may be provided on medical grounds. There can also be health and safety reasons for carrying out a circumcision on non-therapeutic grounds, including an identified risk from operations performed outside the NHS. The question of whether a doctor should ethically carry out circumcision for non-medical reasons is one that the General Medical Council leaves to the individual doctor to decide. Many will not carry out circumcision as requested for religious purposes because they believe it to be unnecessary. Others do so to prevent families going to lay circumcisers who may not be appropriately trained, or may operate out of premises that are not sterile. |