RE: New circumcision policy statement from the AAP

2012-09-01 Thread Volokh, Eugene
ent: Monday, August 27, 2012 11:36 PM > To: Law & Religion issues for Law Academics > Subject: RE: New circumcision policy statement from the AAP > > > Eugene -- > > I have to respectfully continue to disagree with your approach to this issue, > as well as your assessment of

RE: New circumcision policy statement from the AAP

2012-08-27 Thread Eric Rassbach
__ From: religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu [religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu] On Behalf Of Volokh, Eugene [vol...@law.ucla.edu] Sent: Friday, August 24, 2012 7:48 PM To: Law & Religion issues for Law Academics Subject: RE: New circumcision policy statement f

RE: New circumcision policy statement from the AAP

2012-08-25 Thread Walsh, Kevin
un...@lists.ucla.edu [religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu] on behalf of Volokh, Eugene [vol...@law.ucla.edu] Sent: Friday, August 24, 2012 10:01 PM To: Law & Religion issues for Law Academics Subject: RE: New circumcision policy statement from the AAP The question is why, in

RE: New circumcision policy statement from the AAP

2012-08-24 Thread Volokh, Eugene
Behalf Of Walsh, Kevin Sent: Friday, August 24, 2012 5:35 PM To: Law & Religion issues for Law Academics Cc: Law & Religion issues for Law Academics Subject: Re: New circumcision policy statement from the AAP With appreciation to Eric and especially to Eugene for pushing us to think ca

Re: New circumcision policy statement from the AAP

2012-08-24 Thread Walsh, Kevin
With appreciation to Eric and especially to Eugene for pushing us to think carefully about the right legal rule regarding circumcision, I wonder if focusing on even more fundamental considerations can clarify even more. As I see it, "we" do not "delegate" the authority to parents to make decisio

RE: New circumcision policy statement from the AAP

2012-08-24 Thread Volokh, Eugene
I don't think it changes my analysis, since I've all along acknowledged that there are plausible medical arguments in favor of circumcision. I'm hesitant to treat the AAP statement as materially changing that, since I take it that there's some disagreement among pediatric groups -