UK Prosecutors Consider Classifying Circumcision as Possible Child Abuse

Draft Guidance Listing Circumcision as Potential Child Abuse Sparks Backlash in UK

The draft document prepared for prosecutors in England and Wales has ignited a fierce debate over religious freedom.

De facto ban? UK authorities classify circumcision as child abuse

Jewish and Muslim leaders up in arms after Britain’s Crown Prosecution Service drafts memo to local prosecutors labelling circumcision as potentially constituting a form of child abuse. By World Israel News Staff Britain’s national prosecution service has classified circumcision as a potential form of child abuse, instructing local prosecutors to scrutinize instances of circumcision for possible criminality. Over the weekend, The Guardian report…

UK Prosecutors Consider Classifying Circumcision as Possible Child Abuse

LONDON — (VINnews) -Britain’s Crown Prosecution Service is considering draft guidance that would allow prosecutors to treat male circumcision as a potential form of child abuse in certain cases, prompting concern from Jewish and Muslim leaders who warn the move could stigmatize a long-standing religious practice. Join our WhatsApp group Subscribe to our Daily Roundup […]

UK Justice Officials Review Whether Circumcision Could Be Prosecuted as Child Abuse

UK Justice Officials Review Whether Circumcision Could Be Prosecuted as Child Abuse By: Abe Wertenheim A quiet bureaucratic process inside Britain’s Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has ignited a global storm. What began as a technical draft on prosecutorial guidance has now become a flashpoint in the debate over religious liberty, child welfare, and the uneasy boundary between safeguarding and stigmatization. As first reported by The Guardian an…

Circumcision classed as possible child abuse in draft CPS document

Our thanks to Dougie for this piece in today’s Guardian. The headline (above) is misleading. An extract from the piece: “The draft CPS guidance states that, unlike female genital mutilation, “there is not a specific criminal offence of carrying out male circumcision”. [J4MB: This is knowingly disingenuous, as we would expect from the CPS. There is no ‘specific criminal offence’ of hammering a chisel into a person’s eye, but there doesn’t need to…