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(what kind of parent can sit and watch a grown man such on this baby's boys penis? I thought this was going to be against the law but nope. This needs to end, this is sickening.)
New York City says it has reached an agreement with members of the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community over a tradition known as oral suction circumcision.
Health officials have linked the practice to 17 cases of infant herpes since 2000 as a result of men performing the ritual by sucking blood from the wounds on the infants' penises. HSV-1, which while rare, can lead to serious brain damage or death.
Models are the people who perform circumcisions. Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration says they'll no longer be required to obtain signed consent forms before the rites. Instead, the Health Department will ask hospitals and doctors to distribute information to the ultra-Orthodox community about possible health risks associated with oral suction. If an infant is found to have herpes afterward, a rabbinical coalition will identify the mohel and he'll undergo DNA testing.
City Takes New Tack Regulating Ultra-Orthodox Circumcision - WNYC
New York City says it has reached an agreement with members of the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community over a tradition known as oral suction circumcision.
Health officials have linked the practice to 17 cases of infant herpes since 2000 as a result of men performing the ritual by sucking blood from the wounds on the infants' penises. HSV-1, which while rare, can lead to serious brain damage or death.
Models are the people who perform circumcisions. Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration says they'll no longer be required to obtain signed consent forms before the rites. Instead, the Health Department will ask hospitals and doctors to distribute information to the ultra-Orthodox community about possible health risks associated with oral suction. If an infant is found to have herpes afterward, a rabbinical coalition will identify the mohel and he'll undergo DNA testing.
City Takes New Tack Regulating Ultra-Orthodox Circumcision - WNYC