The New York City board of health has voted unanimously to require parents to sign a consent form before allowing a mohel to perform metztizah b’peh, direct oral-genital suction during circumcision.

New York City health officials have proposed requiring that Jewish parents sign a consent waiver in order to use a controversial circumcision-related rite. At a city Board of Health meeting on Tuesday ...

This really was quite a busy day for the Board of Health: after a lengthy presentation about the controversial Soda Ban (which was passed), they turned their attention to the circumcision consent ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Circumcisions are sometimes performed as part of religious rituals using specific faith traditions. However, many parents have a ...