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James Liddell

Father and son sue the state of Oregon over ‘barbaric’ circumcisions

Attorney Eric Clopper, photographed at Intact Global’s inaugural conference last week, filed the suit Thursday - (Intact Global)

Several men circumcised at birth are suing the state of Oregon for allegedly “stealing” their bodily autonomy while also arguing that a current genital mutilation law discriminates against boys.

California-based attorney Eric Clopper filed the lawsuit last week on behalf of Cecil Mininger and his teenage son, as well as brothers Carter and Landon Moody, in Multnomah County Circuit Court in Portland. The plaintiffs all had their foreskins surgically removed as infants within the state, according to the filing.

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