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Posted on 07/28/2011 6:50:14 AM PDT by lbryce
It appears that San Francisco voters this November may not have the opportunity to vote on whether to ban male circumcision.
As we noted earlier, a San Francisco ballot measure called the Male Genital Mutilation bill, which would have banned circumcisions for those under the age of 18 and would have penalized violators with possible fines and up to a year behind bars, had drawn a constitutional challenge.
Yesterday, San Francisco Superior Court Judge Loretta Giorgi took a snip out of the ballot proposal, ruling that it had to be withdrawn as “expressly preempted” by state law.
Here’s a report on the ruling from the San Francisco Chronicle, which begins: “The November ballot just got a few inches shorter.” (Nice work, Chron!)
Giorgi concluded that the California Business and Professions Code prohibits local regulation of medical procedures, the Chronicle reports.
The ruling is still preliminary, and Giorgi is scheduled to hold a hearing on the matter today at 9:30 a.m, according to the Chronicle, which reports that the judge is unlikely to change her mind given the strong tenor of her initial ruling
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I bet the Judge will be snippy.
Penal code doesn't apply here?
[quickly ducking]
I choose not to go near the idiots!!
One might be tempted to say that she’s brought this issue to a head.
Gay men love to pierce their penises. It’s this being banned? The title of the bill is confusing.
I’ve always enjoyed visiting SF and Oakland. The fact that every third person is nuts is somehow amusing...
I think Obama is behind this; he is clearly pro-circumscision. After all , there is no end to that pr!ck
San Francisco always protects the schmucks.
San Francisco always protects the schmucks.
yeah - but you don’t have to live here! I do! :-(
My favorite city is Emeryville. Home of Trader Vic’s.
I always took my customers to Vic’s for dinner and biz talk.
Is the diamond still there?
Aren’t Liberals great? Perform a harmless, medical procedure with religious significance for some, that has been done for thousands of years and that has been shown to have positive health benefits, and no negative effects, on a newborn baby boy, and you go to jail for a year.
Rip that same baby boy to pieces and kill him while he is still in the womb...not only perfectly legal but a woman’s sacred right.
Sick.
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What a putz.
This bill is unconstitutional on its face. It is labeled the Male Genital Mutilation Bill and completely ignores the problem of Female Genital Circumcision.
What with the influx of undocumented Democrats from African states, I don’t doubt this religious ritual will become more frequent in the US.
IOW this has to be presented on a state level because it is a medical procudure. (are mohls medically licensed? real medical training permits etc.)
It would seem the judge never reached the religious argument. As for the science or lack thereof, this is still a medical procedure such as a mere cosmetic surgery like a nose or tummy tuck.
I am surprised non-MDs are allowed to do this.
that is because it is ALREADY illegal.
Apparently after a few thousand years of experience, it has been decided by Jewish families that it really isn’t a dangerous procedure.
On the other hand, on just raw numbers I believe most circumcisions today are done by M.D.s in hospitals on non-Jewish babies right after birth.
I wonder if the law exempts MD circumcisions since it apparently names circumcisom as Male Genital Mutilation in the name of the bill.
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As someone who spent many years living in California, I can assure you that this represents real progress. Usually the judges wait until after the people have voted on an issue before telling them that their votes don't matter. Now I see they are cancelling the votes before the issue even gets on the ballot.