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Oregon woman used box cutter and pliers to 'circumcise' three-month-old son at home
dailymail.co.uk ^ | April 11, 2011 | Paul Thompson

Posted on 04/11/2011 7:47:41 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY

A mother is to go on trial for assault after allegedly using a box cutter and a pair of pliers to circumcise her three-month-old son.

Keemonta Peterson told police she had watched YouTube videos on how to carry out the surgical procedure.

The mother-of-four is alleged to have left her baby son bleeding for two hours before finally calling emergency services.

Peterson, 29, said she was inspired to carry out the DIY operation at her home in Portland, Oregon, after reading the Bible.

According to an arrest report Peterson began the operation at midnight using a box cutter knife as a scalpel and the pliers as a tourniquet.

When the bleeding would not stop on the botched operation she tried to stitch up the wound while her distressed 13 year old son watched.

After two hours of ‘uncontrolled’ bleeding Peterson called paramedics.

Her son, who has not been named, was listed in critical condition but has since made a full recovery following the October incident.

Following her arrest Peterson told detectives she decided on the DIY circumcision as hospitals in Portland will not carry out the operation of boys older than four weeks.

Peterson was arrested last month and charged with first and second degree assault.

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1 posted on 04/11/2011 7:47:45 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Cant top that.

FUBAR on every level.


2 posted on 04/11/2011 7:51:00 PM PDT by Delta 21 (Make your choice ! There are NO civilians.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

ouch


3 posted on 04/11/2011 7:51:10 PM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom!!! <sarc>)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Circumcision is barbaric


4 posted on 04/11/2011 7:52:35 PM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom!!! <sarc>)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

I don’t understand the law...a few weeks earlier she could have killed him.....no problem....but cut off a bit of foreskin.....BAD>>BAD....now let’s take a look at the muslim community where they revel in FEMALE genital mutilation......well, never mind, that would be islamophobic.....sorry I mentioned it


5 posted on 04/11/2011 7:54:09 PM PDT by terycarl
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Since when are pliers and box-cutters Biblical? FUBAR on Biblical proportions.


6 posted on 04/11/2011 7:54:25 PM PDT by SERKIT ("Blazing Saddles" explains it all......)
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To: al baby
I agree, al - nobody ever asked me whether I wanted to lose my foreskin and all four of my sons are intact.

Lamh Foistenach Abu!
7 posted on 04/11/2011 7:54:57 PM PDT by ConorMacNessa (HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines, RVN '69 - St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle!)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Oh my GOD what a sick idiot...JUST thinking of the poor baby’s agony during the cutting and the stitching...he must have passed out...OH MY GOD oh my GOD! I’m sorry, I’m just shocked..sniff..:(


8 posted on 04/11/2011 7:55:29 PM PDT by RoseofTexas
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To: al baby

Why didn’t she just send the kid to Planned Parenthood? They could have butchered him just as well.


9 posted on 04/11/2011 7:57:17 PM PDT by miss marmelstein (.)
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To: al baby
Circumcision is barbaric

No, it isn't. But this is. She should've at least contacted a Mohel. I don't have a hangup one way or the other, but if circumcision is the choice... get somebody that knows what they're doing.

10 posted on 04/11/2011 7:59:34 PM PDT by Ramius (Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
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To: ConorMacNessa

And some women in the future will thank you.


11 posted on 04/11/2011 8:02:17 PM PDT by kabumpo (Kabumpo)
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To: martin_fierro

Im’ still tryin’ to catch my breath.


12 posted on 04/11/2011 8:02:41 PM PDT by Delta 21 (Make your choice ! There are NO civilians.)
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To: Ramius

Oh yes it is male or female its mutilation plain and simple God don’t make junk !!!!


13 posted on 04/11/2011 8:02:41 PM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom!!! <sarc>)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
What could possibly go wrong?
14 posted on 04/11/2011 8:03:03 PM PDT by RichInOC (Palin 2012: The Perfect Storm.)
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To: ConorMacNessa

Could not agree more


15 posted on 04/11/2011 8:03:44 PM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom!!! <sarc>)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Surely the 13-yr old son will have issues with the incident.


16 posted on 04/11/2011 8:05:48 PM PDT by Cvengr (Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
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hospitals in Portland will not carry out the operation of boys older than four weeks

This would seem to be the essential point, which no one has commented on.

You can agree or disagree with circumcision, but I suspect that this is more of a political or ideological decision on the part of the Portland hospitals than a medical decision.

I would guess that she is not Jewish, but Christian. Maybe somebody should have pointed her to the Book of Acts, where the apostles held a Council in Jerusalem and declared that Jewish ritual law, including circumcision, was no longer necessary for Christians.

But it's not forbidden. And an argument can be made that in general it is a good idea from a health point of view--fewer infections are likely.

I don't recommend doing it at home. But I suspect a bit of left-wing antisemitic bias on the part of those hospitals. How many of them perform sex change operations and other much more dangerous operations, which are completely destructive?

17 posted on 04/11/2011 8:06:34 PM PDT by Cicero
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To: al baby; ConorMacNessa
>> Circumcision is barbaric

> nobody ever asked me whether I wanted to lose my foreskin

Nor me.

I was blessed with a daughter, but plan was if she had been a boy, he would have stayed intact until an age where he could make an informed decision on his own.

There's nothing wrong (IMO) with a fellow over 18 deciding to have his foreskin removed. As long as it's HIS decision. Anesthetics work on the penis. Hell, I watched the doctor perform my vasectomy, with a bit of local anesthetic. No big deal.

> hospitals in Portland will not carry out the operation of boys older than four weeks

There's the REAL problem. They should instead have a rule that they will not carry out the operation on persons YOUNGER than 18 years. Make it like tattoos and other body modifications.

And BTW, the so-called "health" arguments are bogus -- how hard is it to wash your dick, really? Geez...

18 posted on 04/11/2011 8:09:13 PM PDT by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
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To: ConorMacNessa; al baby
barbaric

I think the barbarians were too civilized to mutilate their children that way.

19 posted on 04/11/2011 8:09:27 PM PDT by Gondring (Paul Revere would have been flamed as a naysayer troll and told to go back to Boston.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Polyphemus versus old blind bob: the age old argument.
But she’s an unfit mother.


20 posted on 04/11/2011 8:09:58 PM PDT by tumblindice
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