Nothing to do with circumcision. Bapkas and gefilte fish are powerful anti-carcinogens…
Stockholm - The Ombudsman for Children in Sweden called Saturday for the country to ban circumcision, a practice he said contravened the basic rights of boys.“Circumcising a child without medical justification nor his consent contravenes this child’s human rights,” wrote Fredrik Malmberg in a text co-signed with health professionals and published in the daily newspaper Dagens Nyheter.
“The operation is painful, irreversible and can lead to dangerous complications,” Malmberg said.
Good sense. Let the baby decide for himself whether or not to have it done when he gets to an age when he can make an informed decision. Parents do not have the right to mutilate their children for any reason at all.
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"Research on the effectiveness of male circumcision for preventing HIV in heterosexual men is conclusive," said lead researcher Nandi Siegfried, co-director of the centre, which is located at the SA Medical Research Council.
Siegfried said circumcision might help to protect against HIV by removing cells in the foreskin to which the virus was specifically attracted.These Langerhans cells had receptors that enabled the virus to enter them.
I’m slways skeptical on this topic. If true, surely, there should a statistically significant difference in HIV /AIDS infection rates between those traditional communities that circumcise and those that don’t? Yet, when all other factors are controlled for, the HIV/ AIDS infection remains pretty constant.
If it goes on like this, before long circumcision will become mandated by law… 