Watch Hardfire CIRCUMCISION Charles Antonelli / Stephen Finger, MD

Is routine male infant circumcision genital mutilation? Is it equivalent to female genital mutilation, outlawed in the United States? In this half-hour TV program, Charles Antonelli of the Massachusetts Office of mgmbill (Male Genital Mutilation bill) discusses the issue with Brooklyn physician Stephen Finger. Medical and religous factors are considered, with discussion of whether circumcision reduces the incidence of AIDS and other diseases. Whose freedom is at stake? Is it the freedom of parents to choose for their children, much like choosing whether or not to vaccinate, or should the owner of the penis be free to choose when he is old enough to decide for himself? Is every boy entitled to start life with a whole body? This program contains 5 minutes of graphic footage of an infant circumcision performed in a hospital. Some viewers may consider this footage too intense.