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The article presents the author's views on U.S. conservatives' criticism on San Francisco, California's proposed ban on male circumcision. He provides a brief history of circumcision in the country which started as a way to prevent or treat masturbation that was believed to be a sinful act. He discusses several reasons why uncircumcised penises are not dirty and unhealthy contrary to popular myth. He offers several arguments to convince Conservatives to support San Francisco's proposal.

The article presents the author's views on the legal status of home circumcisions. The author cites the laws in California that protect home circumcision from oversight which gives a green light to homegrown circumcisions. The author also elaborates the negative effects of using bathtubs as surgical venues, tools like linoleum cutters, hunting knives, and swords for circumcision, and horse styptic powder to control bleeding.

The article explores legal and ethical aspects associated with female genital mutilation (FGM), the ritual cutting or removal of some or all of the external female genitalia Topics discussed include laws in the U.S. and India concerning FGM; opinion of the India's Supreme court about issues like triple talaq; and fundamental issues for a constitutional democracy concerning women rights. It mentions that FGM is not illegal in India.

The article presents news briefs related to Jewish life. Rabbi Richard Jacobs has been appointed head of the Union for Reform Judaism (URJ). The U.S. provides $150 million to support projects controlled by the Palestinian Authority (PA) to promote peace in Palestine and Israel. A proposed law in San Francisco, California that will come before voters in November 2011 is a proposal to ban the practice of circumcision.

The article presents the author's knowledge about the legislative committee debate on prohibiting forced male circumcision in the U.S. and its failure. It notes that the Massachusetts Joint Committee on the Judiciary has heard testimony on the Senate Bill 1777 on Male Genital Mutilation (MGM), authored by MGMbill.org and submitted by Charles Antonelli to the legislature on March 2, 2010. It states that the committee has voted unanimously on not passing the bill through Cynthia Creem's maneuver.

The article focuses on the issue of forced circumcision in the U.S. It cites the MGMbill.org, a health and human rights group based in California, which has proposed a legislation that requires patients be 18 years old to consent to circumcision. It mentions Matthew Hess and Murugan Pandia, both MGMbill.org's officers, who opposed circumcision for their sons. The MGM Bill proposal was distributed to several state legislatures and to U.S. President Barack Obama. INSET: Lawmakers are urged to pass legislation protecting....

The article reports on the conflict of ideas behind the banning of circumcision to both male and female children in the U.S. According to the article, several parliamentary parties are considering a legislation that would spare all children from circumcision, however, various sectors opposed on the idea while others support it, particularly the health sector. It cites the American Academy of Pediatrics which does not support male circumcision for has it minimal indications on health advantages.

The author opposes the initiatives which prohibits the circumcision of infants in the U.S., such as the one introduced in San Francisco, California. He notes that the such initiatives have antireligious meaning because infant circumcision has been part of Jewish historic tradition. Aside from being a religious practice, British and American health reformers found that circumcision prevents diseases and immorality which changed its negative link with Judaism.

The article reports on the dismissal of a lawsuit by a North Dakota judge that was brought by a 78-year-old man claiming that state prohibition against female circumcision should apply to males also. In a written opinion, the judge wrote that Mervin Gajewski of Watford City wasn't harmed by the law and therefore, couldn't sue. North Dakota and the surrounding states of the Midwest possess the nation's highest male circumcision rate--78 percent. That compares to about 56 percent throughout the U.S., according to a 2003 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention survey. Gajewski plans to appeal the case to the North Dakota Supreme Court.

Reports the legislation to stop Medicaid funding of infant circumcision in the United States. Move of North Carolina to discontinue funding of circumcision; Consideration of the bill in the Michigan legislature to drop coverage for routine circumcision.