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Tuesday, January 9, 2007 12:00 AM

The unkindest cut

When our son was born, my wife decided circumcision was barbaric, but my parents insisted it was an essential Jewish tradition. Behold the sad tale of how one foreskin tore a family apart.

By Neal Pollack

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Monday, January 8, 2007 06:47 PM

The child should have a choice

I'm not a man, but if I were, and circumsized, I would be infuriated that I couldn't make the decision for myself.

As a woman, I was unable to even get my ears pierced until I was sixteen, and then it was my decision.

Children aren't allowed to get tattoos in most states until they are 18. Even in Oregon, no one under 18 can get a tattoo. A parent's consent does not factor into the law. In the case of circumcision, the parents' decision should apply even less, especially since the procedure is irreversible.

I believe it should be the child's decision to make when he is an appropriate age. This should not be a decision for the parents, and even less a decision for overbearing grandparents.

—dunekacke Read dunekacke's other letters

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