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RSA Webinar Highlights: The costs of cutting – Circumcision in modern Australia

Episode Summary

Each month, the Rationalist Society of Australia hosts a webinar, with a guest speaker, or speakers, presenting on a topic of interest. We’re now sharing highlights of our past webinars here on this podcast. In this episode, we hear from Jonathan Meddings, author of the new book ‘The Final Cut: The truth about circumcision’. He is Chair of The Darbon Institute, a charity working to protect and promote everyone's right to bodily integrity and autonomy in Australia and New Zealand. He is also a former vice-president and board member of the Rationalist Society of Australia. As guest speaker at our November 2022 webinar, Meddings spoke on the prevalence of cosmetic circumcision in Australia and concerns about incorrect and fraudulent claims for circumcision in the Medicare system.

Episode Notes

Each month, the Rationalist Society of Australia hosts a webinar, with a guest speaker, or speakers, presenting on a topic of interest. We’re now sharing highlights of our past webinars here on this podcast.

In this episode, we hear from Jonathan Meddings, author of the new book ‘The Final Cut: The truth about circumcision’. He is Chair of The Darbon Institute, a charity working to protect and promote everyone's right to bodily integrity and autonomy in Australia and New Zealand. He is also a former vice-president and board member of the Rationalist Society of Australia.

As guest speaker at our November 2022 webinar, Meddings spoke on the prevalence of cosmetic circumcision in Australia and concerns about incorrect and fraudulent claims for circumcision in the Medicare system. You can watch the full webinar here on our YouTube channel.

Find out more about upcoming RSA Webinars or past ones here on our website.