1936A Oliver Avenue - PRWeb Press Release Account Feed http://www.rsspad.com/rss2a/89285.xml 1936A Oliver Avenue - Press Releases en xml@emediawire.com xml@emediawire.com 30 Activists Call on the United Nations to Classify Male Circumcision as a Human Rights Crime http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/07/prweb266628.htm Intactivist groups say African Circumcision-HIV studies show how little men’s rights are valued. (PRWeb Jul 27, 2005)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/07/prweb266628.htm Bill Proposals Would Provide Equal Protection From Circumcision http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/02/prweb212496.htm Today marks the second attempt by a San Diego based health and human rights organization to protect boys from the practice of circumcision. Although girls in the U.S. have been legally protected from circumcision and other forms of genital cutting since the Female Genital Mutilation Act was passed by Congress in 1996, protection for boys has lagged. (PRWeb Feb 28, 2005)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/02/prweb212496.htm Jewish Groups Say it’s Time to Stop Circumcising Boys http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/02/prweb207134.htm The recent death of a baby boy in New York City has prompted some Jewish groups to call for an end to the practice of male circumcision. City investigators believe the boy died after contracting herpes from an infected mohel who sucked the blood from the baby’s circumcision wound. Two other boys circumcised by the mohel have also contracted herpes, including the dead boy’s twin brother. (PRWeb Feb 9, 2005)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/02/prweb207134.htm HIV Prevention a Poor Excuse for Circumcision, Activists Say http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/02/prweb204925.htm In response to recent studies linking male circumcision to lower HIV infection rates, health and human rights activists are warning that circumcision should not be used as a tool to combat the spread of HIV. Circumcision is the removal of the foreskin, a protective and highly erogenous zone of tissue that covers the penis. (PRWeb Feb 3, 2005)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/02/prweb204925.htm Human Rights Group Says All Circumcisers Should be Arrested http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/09/prweb157021.htm A San Diego based human rights group, MGMbill.org, called for all circumcisers to be arrested after a Ridgefield, Washington, man was charged with assault for attempting to circumcise his eight-year-old son with a kitchen knife. The boy’s 33-year-old father, Edwin Baxter, said he was inspired to cut off part of his son’s penis after reading the Bible. (PRWeb Sep 10, 2004)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/09/prweb157021.htm Activists Condemn Circumcision of Almost 3-year Old Boy http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/08/prweb149782.htm Activists opposed to the practice of male circumcision condemned a Kansas City father’s decision to circumcise his almost 3-year old son before the Missouri Supreme Court had a chance to rule on the issue. The boy’s mother did not want her son circumcised and had petitioned the court to intervene, but within the last week an unidentified doctor went ahead and performed the procedure under direction from the boy’s father. The boy, Ethan Azar, turns 3 next month. (PRWeb Aug 15, 2004)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/08/prweb149782.htm Male Circumcision Bill Proposals Submitted to Congress, California Legislature http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/03/prweb115130.htm MGMbill.org announced that it submitted its male genital mutilation bill proposals to Congress and the California State Legislature for consideration. Both bills would amend current laws that protect girls from circumcision but not boys – a situation that a growing number of people believe is a violation of the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. (PRWeb Mar 30, 2004)

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