Agudath Israel of America, Satmar, the International Bris Association and their fellow plaintiffs appealed last month's denial of their request for a stay of NYC law requiring parents to sign an informed consent document before metzitzah b'peh (MBP), the direct mouth-to-bleeding-penis sucking (please see the photo posted at right) done
by many haredi and almost all hasidic mohels to infants who cannot consent to the risky
procedure. The ruling was handed down today and, as you can see below, the haredim resoundingly lost.