Circumcision classed as potentially harmful practice in new CPS guidance

Controversial plans to class procedure as potential child abuse in latest guidelines for England and Wales dropped Circumcision has been classed as a potentially harmful practice in new official guidance for criminal prosecutors in England and Wales, but controversial plans to class it as possible child abuse have been dropped. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) decided against including circumcision alongside dowry abuse, witchcraft, and female genital mutilation in its new guidance on hono...

By Matthew Weaver