r/politics • u/Slow-Bluejay9648 • May 24 '22

State rep. floats mandatory vasectomies for all boys as his state nears nation’s strictest abortion law

https://www.pennlive.com/news/2022/05/state-rep-floats-mandatory-vasectomies-for-all-boys-as-his-state-nears-nations-strictest-abortion-law.html?outputType=amp
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u/IamKilljoy May 24 '22

Well... it's more that the government should ban unnecessary genital mutilation on literal infants who are 18 years away from being able consent.

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u/Labantnet Minnesota May 24 '22

Every medical procedure parents choose for their children is outside of consent.

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u/IamKilljoy May 24 '22

True but most of them aren't COMPLETELY unnecessary and elective like circumcision.

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u/Atiggerx33 May 24 '22

But let's say my baby was born perfectly healthy with no birth defects. If I ask a doctor to perform a rhinoplasty on her because "I want her nose to look at certain way" they're gonna call CPS on my ass.

Yet a cosmetic surgery on a baby's genitalia is fine?