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London coroner calls for circumcision safeguards after baby death (www.bbc.co.uk)

submitted 6 days ago by flamingos@feddit.uk to c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk

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A coroner has warned that further babies could die unless the government introduces regulation of non-therapeutic male circumcision following the death of a six-month-old boy in west London.

Non-therapeutic circumcision is the removal of the foreskin of male babies and young children for religious or cultural reasons, rather than medical reasons.

Mohamed Abdisamad was circumcised on 12 February 2023, by a circumciser who had been recommended to his parents and requested by them to perform the procedure on their son, the West London Coroner's report said.

The baby began showing symptoms of illness three to four days later and was taken to hospital on 19 February and died the same day.

He was taken to Hillingdon Hospital by ambulance where he went into cardiorespiratory arrest and was pronounced dead at 23:55 GMT.

A jury inquest which concluded on 8 October 2025 found the medical cause of death to be an "invasive streptococcus pyogenes infection following male circumcision".

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[–] Denjin@feddit.uk 20 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I never understood why circumcision is considered A-OK but mutilating female genitals is, rightly, considered to be appalling.

Both practices should be banned except where medically necessary.

[–] falseWhite@programming.dev 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Religion

[–] Chakravanti@monero.town 1 points 6 days ago

But then you can't make shit up and cook a new re-legion.

[–] FistingEnthusiast@lemmynsfw.com 18 points 6 days ago

Call it what it is: mutilation

There's no need for it apart from a few vanishingly rare medical conditions. Even most phimosis is treatable with topical steroids

Religion doesn't matter. It's a stupid, backwards and barbaric mutilation for absolutely no good reason

Fuck anyone who supports circumcision

[–] breadsmasher@lemmy.world 15 points 6 days ago

personally I am against the mutilation of a childs genitals

[–] LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

This country only gives a shit about genitals when it's trans people receiving treatment for their disorders.

When it's actual children being mutilated against their will because their parents are so deeply schizophrenic they believe it is the will of people that don't exist that they mutilate children, it's all muh "community leaders" this and "concerns" that.

[–] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

We absolutely care about mutilating the genitals of girls, too.

It's just young boys that get fucked over