NYC: Blood-Sucking Ritual Circumcision Now Requires Parental Consent

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In addition to big sodas, the New York City Board of Heath made a much more, uh, complicated ruling today addressing a form of ultra-Orthodox Jewish tradition that can include a rabbi using his mouth to clean the blood from an infant's circumcision. The board ruled that the ritual circumcisers, or mohelim, should probably get the written permission from the child's parents before direct oral contact, including a warning about the risk of disease. Between 2004 and 2011, the city said, there were at least eleven cases of herpes infections from the practice, resulting in two deaths

Health Board Approves New Rules for Circumcision -- Daily Intel

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Like the people this is targeted towards are going to say no :rudy:
 
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