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Originally Posted by calgaryblood
Um you're a parent for a reason, you make the choices and that's why they call it parental consent. I don't see the glaring difference. It's a relatively safe procedure. What's the rate of death from a circumcision? Maybe .0000001 percent? Hardly anything to get worked over about.
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The "your kid, your choice" argument doesn't work in all scenarios, nor is it true. There are a lot of choices that aren't allowed.
What people are arguing is that it is often performed for less than compelling reasons, and that there are potentially ethical aspects of it as well. To simplify it to "parent's make decisions for their kids all the time" does it a disservice. Not all decisions are equal.