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San Francisco could vote on circumcision ban

November 15, 2010 11:32
Lloyd Schofield: circumcision more harmful than a tattoo

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Jennifer Lipman,

Jennifer Lipman

1 min read

An American activist has launched a bid to ban the circumcision of baby boys in San Francisco.

Lloyd Schofield said that the practice was “genital mutilation”. He is hoping to gain the 7,100 signatures needed for the proposal to go on a San Francisco ballot.

The measure would make it a “misdemeanour to circumcise, excise, cut or mutilate the foreskin, testicle or penis of another person who has not attained the age of 18.”

Mr Schofield compared circumcision to tattooing a child, which he pointed out was illegal.