#  New York City Health Board Repeals Rule on Consent Forms for Circumcision Ritual - The New York Times 

 





September 11, 2015

 

 

> A rule had required parents to sign a consent form before metzitzah b’peh, a ritual in the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community that has been linked to herpes infections in infants.

Source: *[New York City Health Board Repeals Rule on Consent Forms for Circumcision Ritual - The New York Times](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/10/nyregion/new-york-city-health-board-repeals-rule-on-consent-forms-for-circumcision-ritual.html)*



 

 

 



 

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