A New York City law requiring parental consent and acknowledgment of the health risks of “bris milah,” a ritual circumcision practice in which a mohel orally draws blood from the wound, is subject to “strict scrutiny” analysis, a federal appellate court held Friday.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit sent the controversial case back to Southern District Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald (See Profile), who last year refused to put the law on hold while adversaries debate its constitutionality.
