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Ban Circumcision in the UK!

Ban Circumcision in the UK!

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Started by Anonymous 14 years, 1 month ago
Germany has recently outlawed circumcision on baby boys for non-medical reasons and I firmly believe that the UK should follow suit. This petition represents those of us who believe that pandering to religion to allow the mutilation of babies should be a thing of the past. Further to this, it is NOT difficult to wash an uncircumcised penis and the "benefits" of doing so at the infant stage are outweighed by the fact that no-one should be allowed to alter a peron's body permenantly without them being able to consent. We do not have anything against circumcision for medical reasons. We just wish to see an end to the practice as a matter of course. the law should not support it.

Updates

July 2, 2012

The stories coming in are powerful and confirm that bodily autonomy is a right for everyone. We are preparing to push these arguments to the people who hold the power to change the law.

July 2, 2012

The momentum behind this is undeniable. It is clear that more people are ready to prioritize bodily autonomy.

10 Comments

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Sara Richardson
10 years ago Featured

Do babies make an informed decision to have their genitals mutilated? If you cut off a child's finger then that is clear abuse. So why is it different if you cut off part of their genitals? Scarring a child for life is good for them, how?

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Sharlene turner
11 years ago Featured

Unnecessary circumcision shouldn't even be an option. Every person should have the right to keep their body whole, if this happens to a person, their basic human rights have been violated. Why are we not protecting our boys as we do our girls

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Mark Mills
14 years ago Featured

GET THIS BANNED. Why are boys treated like second class citizens when it comes to genital integrity???

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Sarah Huang
14 years ago Featured

Its time to leave babies alone. No one has the right to chop parts off a childs body just because of tradition.

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Lucy Bello
14 years ago Featured

Let the child grow up and decide for themselves if they want surgery. Dont force it on them when they have no say.

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James Zhang
14 years ago Featured

If it happened to a girl it would be called abuse. Why is it okay for boys.

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Gordon Hathaway
2 years ago

This is mutilation in the same way as FGM and should be similarly outlawed.

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Sean Foster
11 years ago

FGM is illegal why isn't this.

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