Submitted on Friday 13th July 2012
Rejected on Wednesday 21st June 2017
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Prohibit religious circumcision of children and infants.
A child's right to physical integrity must trump freedom of religion and parents' rights.
An infant can't consent to circumcision and as the judge in the 2012 Cologne court case stated: "The child's body is permanently and irreparably changed by the circumcision. This change conflicts with the child's interest of later being able to make his own decision on his religious affiliation."
This petition asks that the government prohibit the circumcision of a child based solely on religious grounds, where there is no medical necessity for the procedure.
You can't sign this petition because it was rejected. But you can still comment on it here at Repetition.me!
The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.
Please see: Stop Infant circumcision / male genital mutilation. A childs human rights are denied everytime surgery is performed, that they cannot consent too.
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