Intended for healthcare professionals

Rapid response to:

Head To Head

Is infant male circumcision an abuse of the rights of the child? Yes

BMJ 2007; 335 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.39406.520498.AD (Published 06 December 2007) Cite this as: BMJ 2007;335:1180

Rapid Response:

Questionable Argument

Where there is a perfectly healthy child, male or female, with no presenting symptoms to be addressed, no case for surgery exists.
The issue is not about comparing whether more or less harm is caused on the basis of gender, but about causing none at all. Intervention cannot be justified.

Competing interests:
Member of NORM-UK and FORWARD.

Competing interests: No competing interests

10 December 2007
IRIS B. FUDGE
RGN Retired
LONDON SE24 0DQ