Indoctrinating Children in Religion

[Thumpalumpacus]

You'll need to demonstrate that it's abuse. Generally speaking, that means showing intent.

Parents who have a part of their child's penis cut off don't tend to do so unintentionally. There is intent involved.

But maybe what you mean is whether the intent is malicious enough to be considered abuse or not. I don't consider malicious intent to be a necessary component of abuse.

No, what I mean is that the intent is to abuse the victim, rather than appease their god. I think intent informs the nature of any crime. If you hit your child with a bat because he was playing catcher and jumped out in front of the pitch, is that the same as if you hit your child with a bat because you found his performance of his chores wanting?

I grant that circumcision is awful, and indeed I support the idea of banning it.

But circumcision is not the same as a daily beating or other forms of malicious torture. If you disagree, you would have to prosecute accidents, no?