Circumcision dispute: boy gets to decide
The Supreme Court made the right decision, in my opinion, when they offered to allow a 12 year old boy, who’s parents went to court over a dispute about circumcision (the case started when he was 4). The father, who converted to Judaism, wanted to force the boy to get circumcised while the mother did not.
All this money and time and resources wasted over a decision that is RIGHTFULLY the boy’s to make anyway. Why the parents would not respect the boy enough to ask, is beyond me. Let this boy’s voice be heard and hopefully, his decision will not be swayed by the self interests of his parents.
This is not a newborn, but a boy who is almost a teenager. Nobody should force a child, beyond newborn, to mutilate their body via circumcision against their will.
PORTLAND — The Oregon Supreme Court says the wishes of a 12-year-old boy must be determined in a dispute between his divorced parents over whether he should be circumcised.
The father, who lives in Olympia, converted to Judaism in 2004 and wants the boy to be circumcised as part of the faith, saying the decision is best left to the custodial parent. Lower courts sided with the father.
The mother, who lives in Oregon, appealed to the high court, asking for custody and saying the operation could harm her son physically and psychologically.
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