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Re:Infants' sense of pain is recognized, finally (1987) by someweirdperson on Tuesday June 14, 2022 @04:34PM (#31745687)
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.
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Re:Infants' sense of pain is recognized, finally (1987) by quickthrower2 on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @05:02AM (#31750637)
This 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.
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Re:Infants' sense of pain is recognized, finally (1987) by throw_m239339 on Tuesday June 14, 2022 @04:43PM (#31745790)
> 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.

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