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To: The New York State House, The New York State Senate, and Governor Andrew Cuomo
Ban Routine Infant Male Circumcision (MGM) Now
WHEREAS infant male circumcision (male genital mutilation, or MGM) is a medically unnecessary surgery that is performed without the victim's consent, and WHEREAS not a single professional medical organization on Earth endorses MGM, and WHEREAS MGM is a violation of the basic human right of bodily integrity, and WHEREAS boys deserve the same legal protection against genital mutilation or alteration that is now afforded to girls in the United States, we call upon the New York State legislature to enact a law banning male circumcision on any male without his consent and before he shall have reached the age of 18.
Why is this important?
Infant male circumcision has deprived millions of boys and men of their right of bodily integrity. It is a permanent amputation of normal, healthy tissue that serves important physiological functions and without which normal sexual function and sensation are impaired.