
“The Zurich University Children’s Hospital maintains it is concerned about the ethics of surgery over which children are unable to provide their views and for which it may be liable to charges of assault. Rita Gobet, head of urology, said in a statement issued on the hospital’s website that management decided on the moratorium to allow for a legal assessment and advice from ethics experts on the issue.” [Wait, you mean there’s room for private choice to solve otherwise intractable social issues?]
http://www.thelocal.ch/page/view/zurich-hospital-halts-circumcisions
Zurich children’s hospital halts circumcisions
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