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The above photo is from the Facebook community “Chase’s
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The mother, Heather Hironimus of Boynton Beach, and the father, Dennis Nebus of Boca Raton, had a brief relationship but never married. In January of 2012 the parents agreed to a court-ordered parenting plan which provided that the father would be responsible for scheduling and paying for the child’s circumcision. Although not initially opposed to the surgery, Hironimus says she later changed her mind after researching the procedure.
There are a number of very strange aspects to this case. The lower court judge Hon. Jeffrey Dana Gillen never appointed a Guardian ad Litem to advocate for the best interests of the child and testimony by a child mental health professional was not allowed during trial. The lower court also placed a gag order on Hironimus preventing her from speaking about the case to the media or publicly raising funds for an appeal. She was also ordered not to tell her son that she opposes the procedure in any way, and for visitation to be with the father for two days prior to, and twelve days following, the procedure.
Perhaps most disturbing is the age of the child. Circumcision beyond infancy is a more complicated procedure with an arguably greater risk of surgical complications. The boy will need need to be put under general anesthesia and intubated to facilitate ventilation of his lungs. At this age he will also be aware that his foreskin has been removed and will probably remember the event—including the court-mandated prolonged separation from his mother during this traumatic time.
In an interesting side note, an Orthodox Jewish website has condemned the ruling ordering the boy to be circumcised.
UPDATE: Chase’s mother has been granted a 10-day extension to submit her notice of intent to appeal. She has until December 1st to file this notice, but still seeks an appellate attorney in the proceedings. Those who would like to help can donate funds to go towards her appeal at SavingChase.Org.
This judge obviously does not know that purposely inflicting injuries on others is defined by law as criminal assault with a weapon and the quack that wants to execute the assault does not know that it is against the law to perform surgery on healthy people. And they both obviously don't know that nobody has the right to torture and mutilate anybody!
Doubtful that the risk of complications is heiger than in infancy, but it will definitely be traumatic for the boy waking up to discover part of heis penis has been cut off.
It sounds totally rigged. If the judge was circumcised he should have recused himself for being emotionally compromised. Chase has already spoken on this and it's his call!
Fuck America
When Injustice becomes Law, Resistance becomes Duty! How can a judge order such a despicable sex crime to be performed on a defenseless child and think the awakening and uniting people and human rights defenders worldwide will let him get away with it? The same counts for this criminal quack that is willing to perform this life changing, damaging, pain and trauma inflicting unnecessary surgery on this healthy and intact boy.
If this weren't a violation of human rights, men and boys wouldn't need to be restrained and/or strapped down. And when it's a helpless, nonconsenting child, Male Genital Mutilation is simply and clearly an example of Sexual Child Abuse. Judge Gillen should be so charged. So should the father.
wtf?
It takes a real man to be a loving and protective dad, but as in this case any bastard can father a child. How does this guy sleep at night knowing he is taking the most sensuous part of his son's adult body away.
Would it work if Chase's mom were to take him to one of the Western states with a low infant circumcision rate? Or would Florida have extradition powers in a case like this?
Or perhaps take him to some place like Denmark that actually respects the genital integrity of children.
She would have to get court permission to leave the state or she'd be charged with interference with visitation.
Even if she moved to another state the original court would retain jurisdiction for a period of time…..usually six months…..and Dennis HAS court permission to travel for the circ.