Posted on 05/26/2015 8:52:27 AM PDT by rickmichaels
The mother of a four-year-old son, Heather Hironimus, tearfully signed an order allowing for the circumcision of her boy, so that she could be released from prison. The event has stirred a national debate about the necessity of circumcision, and the question of whether all children should be allowed the right to bodily integrity.
Hironimus was imprisoned after she fled with her son, attempting to avoid the fulfillment of an agreement with the boy’s father that would see him circumcised. She’s now taken center stage on the issue, with anti-circumcision activists rallying to her cause, raising $50,000 in legal bills to defend her son, Chase Hironimus. The father wishes to circumcise the boy so that he looks like him.
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It could assert that this is not a significant factor.
But simply to disregard it, is not credible.
There is a reason why the Western world led the world in advancement and technology for so many years, and it is entirely because all social systems are not equal.
And that FGM has no corresponding health benefits.
Don’t forget that urinary tract infections are almost nonexistent in circumcised males. We wouldn’t want to deprive them.
What kind of agreement? If it was legally binding she can be punished for not fulfilling it.
It’s obvious to me why the left would oppose circumcision.
It’s a tradition that God commanded to His people in order to show that they were His.
Glad my folks had me snipped.
And I’ve never missed it.
Oh, that cuts!
As long as they don’t command Jews to keep from circumcising.
I believe the only thing that "Big L" Libertarians grasp, is the cylindrical body of bong.
“four-year-old son, Heather Hironimus”
The author either thinks the son is named Heather or needs to work on improving grammar.
forced circumcision? go to prison if you don't do it to your children?? since when?
wtf
beautiful straw man argument. Have you ever considered becoming a liberal? They are terrific at straw man arguments, even better tha n you, but, then there”s always room for improvement.
Wait’...the kid is four years old and they are going to still circumcise him...?
Dad must be a sick bastard to still want to go though with it because he wants his kids penis to look like his...?
The mother of a four-year-old son, Heather Hironimus
Silly me. I thought libertarians were big on the sanctity of contracts, necessary if they want to disassemble so much of the rest of government machinery.
If they throw contracts under the bus, what do they have left?
I guess you don’t have to keep a contract if you change your mind.
Comparing male circumcision to at least the more common forms of FGM is hyperbole. There are forms of FGM that are roughly comparable.
I thought the issue at the root of this was going back on the agreement with the boy’s father.
It has been my experience that the defining characteristic of a Libertarian is drugs and prostitution. They really don't stand for anything noble.
She signed a parenting agreement, then tried to back out.
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