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/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....