Mayor Michael Bloomberg responded to haredi rabbis’ threats to sue the city if the city passes a requirement for parents to sign an informed consent form acknowledging the dangers of metzitzah b’peh (MBP), the oral-to-penis sucking done primarily by haredi mohels immediately after the circumcision cut is made.
Metzitzah being done in Israel
Bloomberg: Unsafe Practices Like Metzitzah B’Peh Will Not Be Permitted
Shmarya Rosenberg • FailedMessiah.com
Mayor Michael Bloomberg reportedly responded strongly to haredi rabbis’ threats to sue the city if the city passes a requirement for parents to sign an informed consent form acknowledging the dangers of metzitzah b’peh (MBP), the oral-to-penis sucking done primarily by haredi mohels immediately after the circumcision cut is made.
“We have an obligation to keep people alive and safe and the courts have held that up repeatedly…There are certain practices that doctors say are not safe and we will not permit those practices to the extent that we can stop them. You don’t have a right to put any child’s life in danger, and this clearly does,” Bloomberg reportedly said.