Oregon lawsuit dismissed
September 30, 2026
A judge has dismissed Hadachek v Oregon, a lawsuit seeking to ban medical circumcision of boys under 18 in the Beaver State. [1]
Eroc Clopper, the Los Angeles attorney who unsuccessfully sued Harvard University following his nude, antisemitic rant in a public theater in 2018, [2] has planned to sue up to 41 states, arguing that state bans against female genital mutilation are unconstitutional because they don’t also prohibit circumcision,
Clopper recruited Oregon residents to serve as plaintiffs in the first test of his legal theory. On Monday, September 28, Judge Melvin Oden-Orr dismisses the lawsuit on the basis that the plaintiffs lack legal standing to sue the state.
In his ruling, Oden-Orr explained that the plaintiffs failed to explain how a favorable decision would benefit them, rather than unnamed minor boys. He noted that no court decision could undo their circumcisions. Notably the plaintiffs did not seek damages for their alleged injuries.
Not surprisingly Clopper has vowed to appeal the decision.
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“Clopper sues Oregon to force states to ban circumcision”; Circumcision Choice; March 31, 2025.
[1] Tatum Todd; “Judge rejects lawsuit seeking to ban circumcision in Oregon”; The Oregonian; September 30, 2026. https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2026/09/judge-rejects-lawsuit-seeking-to-ban-circumcision-in-oregon.html
[2] Andrew Gross; “Supreme court rejects Clopper v Harvard appeal”; Circumcision Choice; October 2, 2023.
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