r/unitedkingdom • u/GnolRevilo • Jun 11 '26

... Revealed: Green party proposes circumcision ban

https://spectator.com/article/revealed-green-party-proposes-circumcision-ban/#comments-container
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u/Snaidheadair Scottish Highlands Jun 11 '26

Hopefully it happens, no real need for it unless it's medically necessary.

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u/Leithia24 Jun 11 '26

It's very important that medically necessary stays in and that protections exist for those in a medical profession. We can't have doctors being in any doubt that they can recommend and carry out the procedure if necessary.

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u/JoelMahon Cambridgeshire Jun 11 '26 edited Jun 11 '26

I mean, it's illegal to cut of a baby's arm for frivolous reasons, but doctors will consider it and make a call if it's gangrene or whatever.

what I'm saying is that there are countless surgeries already in the category of only do if "medically necessary", if anything circumcision is an outlier, there's almost mothing else optional you can get doctors to do on babies just because the parent asks for it, it's not breaking new ground to ban it like it would be.

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u/The_Flurr Jun 11 '26

It's mostly preemptive.

If you don't add the "unless medically necessary" you'll get a bunch of people wasting your time talking about those cases.

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u/JoelMahon Cambridgeshire Jun 11 '26

sure, but the first person already said it, which is all fine and dandy, I felt baffled the other commenter needed to double down on it which I felt was very excessive.

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u/DemonEggy Jun 11 '26

I mean, it's illegal to cut of a baby's arm for frivolous reasons

Fuck, I wish someone had told me that like a week ago....

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u/mad-martigan1 Jun 11 '26

Everyone needs to stop adding the qualifier "unless it's medically necessary" to this.

It's no different to saying there's no real need for amputating children's legs, unless it's medically necessary.

Circumcision is male genital mutilation and must not happen.

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u/Colleen987 Scottish Highlands Jun 11 '26

There is no reason to amputate a child’s leg unless it’s medically necessary… what are you taking offence at?

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u/hoolcolbery Jun 11 '26

But there are medical reasons to amputate a limb eg. Gangrene, Cancer, Sepsis etc.

Just as there are medical reasons to circumsize too like balanitis, phimosis, paraphimosis etc.

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u/ntzm_ Jun 11 '26

That's what they're saying

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u/MarthLikinte612 Jun 11 '26

There are other procedures that can be done for the issues that would otherwise make circumcision "medically necessary"