San Francisco circumcision ban

So let me ask this question: when this law goes into effect, when male circumcisions become illegal in San Fran, will female circumcisions (a much more debilitating procedure) remain legal? 

I have a feeling the answer to my question is yes.

Hmmm. I wonder why?

 

Comments

[Old Ari]

I you sure that female circumcision is legal in the US? In britain parents ship out their daughters to Africa for the procedure as it is illegal in Britain.

[Cincinnatus]

Not sure if it is legal. My question isn't rhetorical.

However, a few months ago there was a media kerfuffle about the American Association of Pediatrics (AAP) endorsing 'genital nicking'. After the brouhaha, the AAP backed down, but my general impression was that 'genital nicking' (i.e. a watered-down variant of female castration, but how watered-down I am not sure) is indeed was legal in the US. Here is article about this topic I got via google:

http://freemenow.wordpress.com/2010/05/20/us-doctors-will-allow-genital-nick-equivalent-to-a-pin-prick-or-ear-piercing/

[Frances]

In Africa, male circumcision is being seriously promoted in some countries to help combat AIDS.

[Old Ari]

So I was wrong. Sorry, carry on with your campaign by all means.

[Tony]

Non-therapeutic female genital cutting on minors is already illegal in California, as well as under the federal Anti-FGM Act. The laws include genital nicking. The proposed law in SF would merely bring the city to a level of equal protection for boys in that city.