circumcision
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In Belgium, circumcision is legal “when performed by a qualified physician under strict health and safety standards,” Prévot wrote on X.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 17, 2026
Indeed, the Danish paper describes the idea that boys undergoing circumcision invariably are given acetaminophen for pain as “a questionable assumption.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2025
"A more recent review of studies in this area finds no association between circumcision and any adverse psychological effects," he added.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2025
Although an autopsy is still being conducted to establish the cause of her death, many people have linked it to FGM, or female circumcision, a cultural practice outlawed in the West African state.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2025
For the Xhosa people, circumcision represents the formal incorporation of males into society.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
White, in his Newsmax interview, raised the case of an investigation in Antwerp into circumcisions by a small number of mohels, Jewish specialists who perform circumcisions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 17, 2026
The reason, its authors wrote, was that “we had no data available on analgesics or possible local anesthetics used during ritual circumcisions in our cohort, so we were unable to address the paracetamol hypothesis directly.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2025
Bullock’s attorneys also noted that while baptisms were banned, there was no prohibition on Jewish circumcisions or on daycare workers and doctors holding infants.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 11, 2020
King Edmonds said she is not Jewish, but decided to use a mohel, a person who performs circumcisions in the Jewish faith, to perform the procedure in her home.
From Fox News ● Jan. 7, 2020
Biobanks store appendixes, ovaries, skin, sphincters, testicles, fat, even foreskins from most circumcisions.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
