It acknowledged that its working group “did not consult with the Jewish community in its early development of the draft.” It also expressed gratitude for feedback received now, and promised to review “every single comment” before coming up with a revised standard of practice by the end of the year.
The promise to revise the standard of practice came in response to concerns from Winnipeg’s Jewish community that the new standard would mean a doctor who is also a mohel, and who performed a circumcision in a newborn’s family home, would be committing professional misconduct.
How about we outlaw cutting off parts of normal babies genitals? It's f*cked that this is still going on and not inconsequential. Many babies experience botched circumcisions. Somehow we get why FGM is bad but not this.