A family says their newborn son nearly bled to death and is fighting for his life after he was circumcised at a New York City hospital.

Tim and Gabrielle Groth said their son, Cole, underwent the circumcision at NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital in Manhattan, where he was born on March 31.

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[–] 89 points 1 year ago (9 children)

Why do they still perform such barbaric rites in the 21st century in the first place?

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  • [+] 36 points 1 year ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)
  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    Yet theyre against mutilating genitals when it comes to trans people.

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  • [–] 18 points 1 year ago

    Yeah, the first time I heard of people protesting against "mutilating children's genitals [in North America]", I thought it was a protest against circumcision. I thought, "Wow, we're finally moving society forward!"

    ...nope. It was backwards again.

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  • [+] -18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)
  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    It is usually not the personal preference of the person operated on.

    There are a lot of medical decisions that simply should not be left in the hands of parents, and this is one of them, if not the score leader.

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