metzitzah bpeh

At least four babies have been infected with herpes from mohels performing the metzitzah b’peh ritual since September 2019.

"I'm very unhappy about it," de Blasio admitted yesterday.

This is a huge victory for all herpes-riddled mohels and their supporters.

The vote on repealing mandatory consent forms has been delayed until June.

How many babies need to be unnecessarily infected with herpes before the ultra-Orthodox community will finally allow some form of regulation on the "metzitzah b’peh" circumcision ritual?

This is the fourth case this year.

A judge yesterday cut back the dream of Orthodox rabbis being able to practice snip-n-suck circumcision without a parent's written consent.

Lawsuit claims the city lacks "any definitive proof" that the ritual "poses health risks of any kind," despite the CDC finding that 11 baby boys in NYC were infected with herpes in the last decade.

The board ruled that "parents need to be aware of the opinion of experts," and unanimously approved the circumcision consent forms. Some rabbis were protesting outside the meeting, claiming this decision was Bloomberg's "blood libel."

Today is a big day for Bloomberg's Board of Health. Not only is there that soda ban to reveal and approve but there is also the pesky issue of circumcision consent forms to consider.