On February 15, Jason and Jenny Biggs welcomed a new baby boy into their family. 8 days later, the Biggs couple decided to have him circumcised. Unfortunately, the family's decision raised a heated argument regarding whether or not circumcision is morally correct.
Jenny, the mother of the newly born son, instagramed a picture of her child with the caption of "Today was not a good day to be Sid's penis. #babybiggs #circumcision" Her single post instigated many discussions which included people opposing the circumcision, and people defending their choice. One commenter stated, "He has to live with a mutilated penis because his parents are ignorant. #humanrightsviolation," while another rebutted with “Congrats and welcome to parenthood where everyone is right except for you! Where everyone judges what you do with YOUR baby! The comments, critiques and constant corrections are never ending! Mazel tov!”
I, personally, think it's 100% the parents' choice. It's their baby, therefore they can decide what to do with it. Whether it's for secular or religious reasons, the parents can believe whatever they want to regarding their child. Circumcision is, understandably, offensive to some religions and cultures, but each family has different beliefs, and those beliefs take each family in different directions.
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ReplyDeleteI completely agree with your thoughts! When it comes to circumcision, I think it is the parents choice. However, I wouldn't say that because it is their baby, they can do whatever they want with her/him (Remember Rachel, a baby isn't an it). For example, a family that I know decided to adopt an intersex baby girl. When she was about eight years old, she asked her parents why they kept making her dress in girl clothes because she was a boy. The parents, who were quite shocked, started getting their daughter...I mean son "boy" clothes. After doing some research, they found that when their son was born, he had all female characteristics, except for a penis. So the parents decided to let the doctors make their best judgement, which was to surgically remove his penis.
ReplyDeletePlease excuse my little tangent, but the point I am trying to make is that there are many things that can happen to babies where the parents wouldn't be able to make the best choice because they just don't know what the baby would want. However, when it comes to circumcision, I think it is the parents choice. Especially when it comes to religious purposes.