The French ask questions

A European reader has passed along this article [html] from the French National Council on Aids (Conseil national du SIDA). Apparently, there are some doubts being expressed while paying lip service to the emerging scientific party line viz circumcision as HIV prophylactic.

The questions are more  probing than I've seen almost anywhere else "official". However, the essential basic human right to an intact body and to the decision making process to part with said intact body seems to be missing. Let's keep the dialogue going and hope we see this missing piece of the equation addressed.

Download 07_05_24_rapport_circoncisions_eng.pdf

THANK YOU to Alistair Jenkins for this contribution.

Comments

[SunkenShip]

Wow, well at least they're asking SOME questions, even though they still seem to believe in circ's ability to work as a preventative, but only in Africa.

I too wish someone would point out that the foreskin has value and a function, but this is a great first step. They also talked about the possible stigmatization of intact men which is very real.

[J]

Defiantly a positive step but like David said a discussion of the human rights side of the equation is still needed. I just don't understand why it hasn't happened yet.

I also found it troubling to read that the organization was fielding inquiries along the lines of "If I'm circumcised do I still need a condom?" This in a country where I would expect a better overall level of education on these matters I fear that this kind of miss conception will be rife in Africa.