A report describing female circumcision, written by a woman who underwent the procedure as a child, was filed in federal court last month by a defense lawyer representing one of three Detroit-area ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Neonatal circumcision did not reduce penile sensitivity in men, according to research published in The Journal ...

AMBON, Indonesia — With her home destroyed and her church burned to the ground, 14-year-old Marina Rumakur knew there was only one way to survive: Convert to Islam and submit to a painful rite of ...

HOUSTON (KVEO) — One Texas woman has been charged for transporting a child to a foreign country for the purpose of female genital mutilation in 2016. Houston woman Zahra Badri, 39, is facing a charge ...

NEW ORLEANS (RNS) Pediatricians gathered here for the American Academy of Pediatrics convention were greeted by protesters urging the medical group to rethink its position on an issue that makes most ...

The New York City Board of Health unanimously passed a regulation on Thursday that will require consent from parents before an infant can have a form of Jewish ritual circumcision, prevalent in parts ...

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The challenge to New York City’s informed consent rule for Metziza B’Pe (MBP) should never have been brought. The rule it challenges, requiring informed consent by the parents before a mohel orally ...

Circumcision Regulations Approved in New York City The New York City Board of Health passed a regulation that will require consent from parents before an infant can have a form of Jewish ritual ...

THINK of an unlikely issue that unites Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel, California's Governor Jerry Brown and France's President François Hollande. All three have defended the circumcision of male ...