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Snip Snip
A couple of months ago, we reported about a case in which the parents of a nine-year-old boy were arguing in court over whether their son had to undergo a circumcision procedure. As we wrote at the time:
In the latest twist to prolonged, agonizing custody battles, the parents of a 8-year-old boy — hanging on ever so tenuously to his delicate foreskin — have taken it to a new level, arguing in court over whether little Timmy’s penis should get the full-on scalp treatment … The boy’s mother is battling to give her son’s pee-pee a buzz-cut, which she argues is necessary to save the kid from balonitis — a frequent inflammation of the hang-low.
Well, we have an update, which should make all of you anti-circumcisionists giddier than a Jehovah’s Witness with a brand-new packet of six short-sleeve white dress shirts. The judge in the case has sided with the father, who argued against the dreaded snip. The father believed that such a procedure would cause the boy psychological harm, while the mother argued that circumcision was necessary to prevent inflammation. The judge ultimately ruled that, because of the extraordinary nature of the procedure, the boy could decide for himself when he turns 18.
