Comment on Could Trump's "Protecting Children from Chemical and Surgical Mutilation" order defund vasectomies?
adespoton@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
Other issues: no more circumcision, even if medically needed, and no more other medical procedures that make the tradeoff of saving a life over surgery.
Death_Equity@lemmy.world 1 day ago
If infant male genital mutilation ends, I see that as a win.
adespoton@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
Yeah; but does Trump’s base?
Death_Equity@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Well they do have an obsession with gay stuff, so maybe they prefer their young twinks cut?
SolidShake@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Mutilation is a strong word for it.
warbond@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
I don’t think so. It’s a pretty barbaric practice, so it deserves strong language. I suspect the only reason it’s still prevalent in America is the momentum of long-standing tradition. There’s no reasonable justification for performing unnecessary surgery on a newborn’s genitals.
SolidShake@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
I would say tradition yeah. A lot of women also don’t like uncircumcised genitals.