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German law, BGB §1631d (last updated 2012) allows circumcision by qualified non-medical religious practitioners. Non-medical implies that they do not have acces
by someweirdperson 4y ago
German law, BGB §1631d (last updated 2012) allows circumcision by qualified non-medical religious practitioners. Non-medical implies that they do not have access to proper painkillers.
edit: within first 6 month of birth.
- usrn 4y ago
- throw_m239339 4y ago> German law, BGB §1631d (last updated 2012) allows circumcision by qualified non-medical religious practitioners. Non-medical implies that they do not have access to proper painkillers. edit: within first 6 month of birth. Now imagine getting circumcized at 6 or 8, with scissors, without anesthesia by someone that isn't a doctor... this is the fate of many young boys in Africa. It's as bad as FGM.
- quickthrower2 4y agoThis speaks to the power religion (which is after all just a belief system) still has to be exempt from various laws. Religion is grandfathered in so many ways.