San Francisco man hopes to bring about ban on circumcision

In a country where bris is many times a default choice not only for Jewish parents for their baby boys, it was natural to expect some people to protest the practice. These groups are called “intactionists” or “intactivists”.

There are even a few Jewish religious figures that do not object or actively support providing nervous parents with a baby naming ritual without circumcision if they are not sure about the circumcision.

In addition to the annual protests of “intactivists” in several cities in the United States, – in San-Francisco, there is sort of escalation of their fight with proposals to ban circumcision submitted to van impressive number of local lawmakers.

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