“A woman who fled to avoid the circumcision of her son remained behind bars Friday while her attorney sought a restraining order against the boy’s father to keep the surgery from proceeding.
Heather Hironimus, 31, was arrested Thursday and was being held at the Broward County Jail, two months after she ignored a judge’s warnings she must appear in court and give her consent for the procedure to avoid imprisonment. Though the arrest stemmed from a long-running case in state court, a federal judge granted an emergency motion filed Friday by attorney Thomas Hunker, who is representing Hironimus, to hold a hearing on the restraining order. With Hironimus in hiding and her legal options narrowing, Hunker filed a federal civil rights lawsuit last month on behalf of her and her 4-year-old son. A hearing is scheduled for Monday.
In court papers filed Friday, Hironimus argues circumcision “will permanently and irreversibly mutilate” her son and brings the risk of “permanent brain damage or death.”
Hironimus went missing with her son nearly three months ago, going into hiding as her long court battle against the surgery reached its climax. Though her defenders said she was simply doing what she could to protect a child portrayed as “scared to death” of the procedure, a judge issued a scalding rebuke for her refusal to appear in court, charging her with contempt and issuing an arrest warrant.
The whereabouts of the child were not known, but Hunker said the boy was assumed to be with his father, Dennis Nebus.
Hironimus and Nebus have been warring since her pregnancy. They were never married but share custody of their child, and in a parenting agreement filed in court, the two agreed to the boy’s circumcision.
The mother later changed her mind, though, giving way to a long legal battle. Circuit and appellate judges have sided with the father, but potential surgeons have backed out after failing to get the mother’s consent and being targeted by anti-circumcision protesters.
Both sides are under a gag order in the case.
Circumcision rates have fallen in the U.S., but a majority of boys still undergo the removal of their foreskin. Even so, a bubbling movement of so-called “intactivists” has made the case a rallying cry against a surgery they view as barbaric.”
7 thoughts on “U.S. woman who fled to avoid son’s circumcision remains behind bars”
The judges must be ALL Jewish. If the boy gets circumcise, I hope when he turns 18, he can suit the state and everyone that took part of his mutilation.
Ir anybody knows this corrupt judge’s name, please post
What you see here are the Noahide Laws being enforced, boys and girls. Simple as that. They don’t call it the Jewdicial System for nothing.
OUTSIDE OF ANY RELIGIOUS BELIEFS IT IS DONE FOR HYGIENIC REASONS AS ONE WHO WAS CIRCUMCISED IT NEVER HAD ANY LASTING EFFECT AND I HAVE NO MEMORY OF ANY PAIN OR SUFFERING
If the judge is a jew, he should be removed from the case.
Listen… theres a whole bunch of hype and baiting going on over this, and I sit firmly in the middle. I was circumcised at a young age. My children as well. I mean, we’re talking weeks old. Myself and my children, my cousins and friends who’ve joined in the discussion and have all had the procedure done before any memories of trauma could possibly have taken root, we’re all perfectly happy with the results. Ignorance is bliss. For whatever reasons- religeous, health, whatever- our parents made the choice. Consentually, and together.
What is, or should be at issue here are 2 things… the mother is worried about traumatizing the child- she doesn’t agree. And rightfully so, as the poor boy is already 4!!! He WILL remember the procedure and what will be Im sure a very uncomfortable recovery. He has to move around, is aware of his body and identity and already has a concept of what his penis looks like.
The father at this point is just sticking to guns that have long run out of ammo. Unless there’s a medical reason for this to HAVE to happen, it shouldn’t!
As for all the people throwing their two cents in, back off! You have no right. This isnt mutilation. It does not pose any loss to quality of life. If done properly, at the proper point of life, it is not a scarring process that will cripple a childs development.
How many of these extremists are actually circumcized? How many are even men??
The judges must be ALL Jewish. If the boy gets circumcise, I hope when he turns 18, he can suit the state and everyone that took part of his mutilation.
Ir anybody knows this corrupt judge’s name, please post
What you see here are the Noahide Laws being enforced, boys and girls. Simple as that. They don’t call it the Jewdicial System for nothing.
OUTSIDE OF ANY RELIGIOUS BELIEFS IT IS DONE FOR HYGIENIC REASONS AS ONE WHO WAS CIRCUMCISED IT NEVER HAD ANY LASTING EFFECT AND I HAVE NO MEMORY OF ANY PAIN OR SUFFERING
If the judge is a jew, he should be removed from the case.
Listen… theres a whole bunch of hype and baiting going on over this, and I sit firmly in the middle. I was circumcised at a young age. My children as well. I mean, we’re talking weeks old. Myself and my children, my cousins and friends who’ve joined in the discussion and have all had the procedure done before any memories of trauma could possibly have taken root, we’re all perfectly happy with the results. Ignorance is bliss. For whatever reasons- religeous, health, whatever- our parents made the choice. Consentually, and together.
What is, or should be at issue here are 2 things… the mother is worried about traumatizing the child- she doesn’t agree. And rightfully so, as the poor boy is already 4!!! He WILL remember the procedure and what will be Im sure a very uncomfortable recovery. He has to move around, is aware of his body and identity and already has a concept of what his penis looks like.
The father at this point is just sticking to guns that have long run out of ammo. Unless there’s a medical reason for this to HAVE to happen, it shouldn’t!
As for all the people throwing their two cents in, back off! You have no right. This isnt mutilation. It does not pose any loss to quality of life. If done properly, at the proper point of life, it is not a scarring process that will cripple a childs development.
How many of these extremists are actually circumcized? How many are even men??
Stem Deflow you display perfectly what Arthur Schopenhauer claimed is a major failing, “Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world.”
http://www.cirp.org/library/psych/goldman1/
http://www.circumcisioncomplex.com/tag/long-term-psychological-effects-of-circumcision/
http://circumcision.org/circumcision-the-hidden-trauma/