4 year old subjected to a court order on his penis

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Palm Beach Post
May 26, 2015
Jail was overreach for mom saving son

I’m extremely disturbed that a mother was thrown in jail in Palm Beach County and kept there for a week for refusing to allow her 4-year-old son to be circumcised.
There is no legitimate health reason for a boy to be circumcised.

Of course, there are plenty of doctors who will say there are health reasons to justify circumcision. But doctors also used to recommend lobotomies. (In fact, the inventor of the lobotomy won a Nobel Prize in 1949.)
The rights of the mother to protect her child cannot be trampled by any court or by any judge. Heather Hironimus acted to protect the life and safety of her child. The judge should have respected her right to protect her child from harm.

As for Judge Jeffrey Gillen, who ordered the arrest of Hironimus … When is he up for re-election?

MARGARET MENGE
LAKE WORTH

PBPost Editor’s note: After spending nine nights in jail, Hironimus was released on Saturday after she signed a consent form to allow the circumcision. Gillen was elected without opposition in 2014 after having been appointed to the court by Gov. Rick Scott in 2012 to fill a vacancy. Circuit judges serve six-year terms.

Editor's Note: Circumcision is an elective option that parents make for their sons. In this case there was a difference of opinion and the father wants it done for religious reasons. Ultimately, it should be done at infancy--
The best time for infant circumcision is when your baby is between 24 and 72 hours old - Just the Facts Baby. This child is four years old. Doesn't the mother have rights too? Doesn't the child? Why would the mother be jailed after trying to protect her son? She was forced by the Court to sign a consent form to allow her son to have this procedure...she faced 5 years in prison! Really outrageous.