Lawmakers enter circumcision flap

Tue, Aug 2 2011 — Source: Bay Area Reporter

The proposition, which qualified for the ballot in May, seeks to criminalize anyone practicing circumcision on boys under the age of 18 within San Francisco. A handful of proponents of the anti-circumcision ballot measure that is set for November’s election disrupted a July 21 news conference announcing state legislation that might halt the proposition before San Franciscan residents have a chance to vote on it.