New York City’s decision to require parental consent before a mohel can use his mouth to draw away blood from the wound after an infant circumcision will stand following a ruling by a federal judge.
Southern District Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald (See Profile) denied the motion for a preliminary injunction against a Board of Health regulation approved in September out of concern that the practice by mohels in ultra-Orthodox Jewish communities exposes infants to the herpes simplex virus and can result in brain damage or death.
