Posted on 07/16/2004 8:42:13 AM PDT by presidio9
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- For most little boys, circumcision is a decision for the parents to make. But the Missouri Supreme Court may make that decision for one local boy because his parents don't agree.
Two-and-a-half-year-old Ethan Azar's mother does not want to have him circumcised.
"There's no medical society in the world that recommends it, including the American Academy of Pediatrics," said Camille Azar.
But Ethan's father was recently granted sole custody. He wants his son circumcised. While the boy's father and his attorney would not appear on camera, they did cite personal, social and health reasons for wanting the circumcision, KMBC's Kelly Eckerman reported.
Circumcision removes the layer of skin covering the penis. It is something more and more parents are opting not to do, Eckerman said. The medical community calls it a personal decision.
"Everyone has their bias. But we try to base recommendations on sound medical evidence and it just isn't there to say yes or no," Dr. Ken Wible said.
Lower courts refused to intervene, so the case is now going to the Missouri Supreme Court to see if Ethan's father should be able to go ahead with the circumcision.
"The fact the courts have ruled he can make medical decisions doesn't mean he can make a decision to have part of the healthy living flesh of the child cut off," said Dennis Owens, Camille Azar's attorney.
Doctors did tell KMBC that Ethan's age is a factor.
"At that age, a child is going to need anesthesia," Wible said.
Camille Azar said that the decision should be up to her son when he's older.
"I want Ethan to make the decision about his own body," Camille Azar said.
Eckerman said that religion plays a role in some families' decisions about circumcision, but that has not been an issue here. The battle over Ethan's circumcision comes in the middle of a custody battle. A decision from the state's high court is expected within two weeks.
Screw 'em. :-)
Seriously, almost makes me ashamed of being from the south.
Apparently BJ's are unavailable in Europe....
Maybe that's why they were all impressed with Slick...
It goes both ways. I have known women who have broken up with guys because they don't spend enough time going down.
Well Lil Kim made her millions appealing to ladies with that chief comlaint. I'm willing to guess that guys like to get it and not give it.
And a man who dates a woman only for the sex he thinks he can get isn't worth having.
I have yet to meet any who don't want to give it, it's just how much time they want to give. Most are willing to go the distance and for that they are well thought of.
Who said anything about only? However, a relationship that doesn't work sexually for both parties probably won't last.
If a woman is offering oral sex in exchange for washing the willy ? You better believe that the man will be keeping that thing as clean as possible.
"The upside of that, is tremendous endurance."
No wonder women are for it then ...
Seriously, if my Pig-Pen had not been tidied up at an early age, he would have been at serious risk from infections until he got old enough to be interested in what girls thought about his personal hygiene. That age is still just barely visible on the horizon.
Guess again.
Let him make decisions to also:
Play in the street,
Go to school,
Eat his veggies,
Get smallpox vaccination,
When to be weaned,
And, lastly...
Whether to empty his diaper or not..........
#6 may be gone, but the echo lingers!!!!!
I think the Admin Mod threw up his hands at this thread a long time ago...
And, in the process, washes his hands as well!
"Funny, several men I know who had circumcisions later in life have told me its far far far better since circumcision."
You know several men who have been circumcised later in life? I don't know of one. Do you discuss circumcision with every man you meet or something?
The mods aren't as stiff on Fridays.....
it is a nice little informative PSA.... : )
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