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States Stop Circumcisions Funds Amid Budget Crisis

by Associated Press, Posted Jun 24th 2011 10:00AM

Nurse Angie Hagen tends to a new born baby boy in the nursery at Denver Health medical facility in Denver on Thursday, June 23, 2011. Credit: Ed Andrieski, AP DENVER (AP) - A nationwide debate about circumcisions for newborn boys, ...A nationwide debate about circumcisions for newborn boys has 18 states no longer funding Medicaid coverage for the procedure.
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Russell Crowe Apologizes for Circumcision Tweets

by Associated Press, Posted Jun 10th 2011 6:00PM

Actor, Russell Crowe. Credit: Jeffrey Mayer/WireImage.com
NEW YORK (AP) - San Francisco's anti-circumcising lobby seems to have a friend in Russell Crowe.
The Oscar-winning actor lashed out at the practice of male circumcision in a ...San Francisco's anti-circumcising lobby seems to have a friend in Russell Crowe.
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Santa Monica Latest City to Fight to Get Circumcision Ban on Ballot

by Lesley Kennedy, Posted Jun 6th 2011 1:00PM

Credit: Francisco Seco, AP
Those San Franciscans may not be the only ones voting on whether or not to make circumcision illegal for minors.
The New York Times reports "intactivists" are fighting for a similar ballot issue in Santa ...Santa Monica "intactivists" hope their move to ban the procedure for minors makes the 2012 ballot cut.
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Circumcision Ban Makes San Francisco's November Ballot Cut

by Lesley Kennedy, Posted May 19th 2011 11:00AM

City elections officials confirmed an initiative that would ban the circumcision of males younger than 18, regardless of religion, will appear on the November the ballot. Credit: AP When the good folks of San ...A group called "intactivists" managed to get the signatures needed to force a vote.
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