Photo Gallery The Debate over Circumcision

A regional court ruling in Cologne has triggered a bitter debate in Germany over circumcision. Chancellor Angela Merkel's government is trying to put the genie back in the bottle, but writing a law regulating the practice could take years.
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German Justice Minister Sabine Letuheusser-Schnarrenberger has been tasked by Chancellor Angela Merkel with writing a law regulating the circumcision of boys in Germany.

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Dieter Graumann, president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, has weighed in on the debate, saying that a ban on circumcision would essentially make Jewish life in Germany impossible.

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