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'''Die Linke''' ''(The Left)'' is a German political party. In 2012, when the [[German Circumcision Act]] was whipped through the 17th German Bundestag in record time and passed on [[2012-12-12]], it was the second smallest opposition party in the Bundestag.

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In this vote, the LEFT were most clearly against the [[German Circumcision Act]] with 58%, while the other 42% were in favor, abstained or did not take part in the vote at all.

=== Voting behavior in the [[German Circumcision Act]] by MPs ===
{| class="wikitable"
| {{Yes}} || = Consent that boys in Germany should no longer have the right to physical integrity.
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| {{No}}  || = These MPs advocate that boys in Germany should retain the right to physical integrity.
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: left;"
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! Name !! Party !! State !! Vote
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<section begin="CircumcisionActLEFT"/>
| Aken, Jan van || LEFT || Hamburg || {{Yes}}
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| Alpers, Agnes || LEFT || Bremen || {{No}}
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| Bartsch, Dr. Dietmar || LEFT || Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania || Abstained
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| Behrens, Herbert || LEFT || Lower Saxony || {{No}}
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| Binder, Karin || LEFT || Baden-Wuerttemberg || Didn't vote
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| Birkwald, Matthias W. || LEFT || North Rhine-Westphalia || {{No}}
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| Bluhm, Heidrun || LEFT || Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania || Didn't vote
|-
| Bockhahn, Steffen || LEFT || Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania || {{No}}
|-
| Buchholz, Christine || LEFT || Hesse || {{Yes}}
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| Bulling-Schröter, Eva || LEFT || Bavaria || Abstained
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| Bunge, Dr. Martina || LEFT || Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania || {{Yes}}
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| Claus, Roland || LEFT || Saxony-Anhalt || {{Yes}}
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| Dagdelen, Sevim || LEFT || North Rhine-Westphalia || {{No}}
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| Dehm, Dr. Diether || LEFT || Lower Saxony || {{No}}
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| Dittrich, Heidrun || LEFT || Lower Saxony || {{No}}
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| Dreibus, Werner || LEFT || Hesse || {{Yes}}
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| Enkelmann, Dr. Dagmar || LEFT || Brandenburg || {{No}}
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| Ernst, Klaus || LEFT || Bavaria || {{No}}
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| Gehrcke, Wolfgang || LEFT || Hesse || {{No}}
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| Gohlke, Nicole || LEFT || Bavaria || {{Yes}}
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| Golze, Diana || LEFT || Brandenburg || {{No}}
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| Groth, Annette || LEFT || Baden-Wuerttemberg || {{No}}
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| Gysi, Dr. Gregor || LEFT || Berlin || {{Yes}}
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| Hänsel, Heike || LEFT || Baden-Wuerttemberg || {{No}}
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| Hein, Dr. Rosemarie || LEFT || Saxony-Anhalt || {{Yes}}
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| Höger, Inge || LEFT || North Rhine-Westphalia || {{No}}
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| Höll, Dr. Barbara || LEFT || Saxony || {{No}}
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| Hunko, Andrej || LEFT || North Rhine-Westphalia || {{No}}
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| Jelpke, Ulla || LEFT || North Rhine-Westphalia || {{No}}
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| Jochimsen, Dr. Lukrezia || LEFT || Thuringia || {{Yes}}
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| Kipping, Katja || LEFT || Saxony || {{No}}
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| Koch, Harald || LEFT || Saxony-Anhalt || {{Yes}}
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| Korte, Jan || LEFT || Saxony-Anhalt || {{No}}
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| Krellmann, Jutta || LEFT || Lower Saxony || Abstained
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| Kunert, Katrin || LEFT || Saxony-Anhalt || {{No}}
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| Lay, Caren || LEFT || Saxony || {{Yes}}
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| Leidig, Sabine || LEFT || Hesse || {{No}}
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| Lenkert, Ralph || LEFT || Thuringia || {{No}}
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| Leutert, Michael || LEFT || Saxony || {{No}}
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| Liebich, Stefan || LEFT || Berlin || {{No}}
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| Lötzer, Ulla || LEFT || North Rhine-Westphalia || {{Yes}}
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| Lötzsch, Dr. Gesine || LEFT || Berlin || Abstained
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| Lutze, Thomas || LEFT || Saarland || {{No}}
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| Maurer, Ulrich || LEFT || Baden-Wuerttemberg || {{No}}
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| Menzner, Dorothée || LEFT || Lower Saxony || {{Yes}}
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| Möhring, Cornelia || LEFT || Schleswig-Holstein || {{No}}
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| Möller, Kornelia || LEFT || Bavaria || Abstained
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| Movassat, Niema || LEFT || North Rhine-Westphalia || Abstained
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| Nešković, Wolfgang || LEFT || Brandenburg || {{No}}
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| Nord, Thomas || LEFT || Brandenburg || {{No}}
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| Pau, Petra || LEFT || Berlin || {{Yes}}
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| Petermann, Jens || LEFT || Thuringia || {{No}}
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| Pitterle, Richard || LEFT || Baden-Wuerttemberg || {{No}}
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| Ploetz, Yvonne || LEFT || Saarland || {{No}}
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| Remmers, Ingrid Lieselotte || LEFT || North Rhine-Westphalia || {{No}}
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| Schäfer, Paul || LEFT || North Rhine-Westphalia || {{Yes}}
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| Schlecht, Michael || LEFT || Baden-Wuerttemberg || {{Yes}}
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| Seifert, Dr. Ilja || LEFT || Saxony || Didn't vote
|-
| Senger-Schäfer, Kathrin || LEFT || Rhineland-Palatinate || {{No}}
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| Sharma, Raju || LEFT || Schleswig-Holstein || {{No}}
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| Sitte, Dr. Petra || LEFT || Saxony-Anhalt || {{No}}
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| Steinke, Kersten || LEFT || Thuringia || {{No}}
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| Stüber, Sabine Ursula || LEFT || Brandenburg || {{No}}
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| Süßmair, Alexander || LEFT || Bavaria || {{No}}
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| Tackmann, Dr. Kirsten || LEFT || Brandenburg || {{No}}
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| Tempel, Frank || LEFT || Thuringia || {{No}}
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| Troost, Dr. Axel || LEFT || Saxony || {{Yes}}
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| Ulrich, Alexander || LEFT || Rhineland-Palatinate || Abstained
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| Vogler, Kathrin || LEFT || North Rhine-Westphalia || Abstained
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| Voß, Johanna || LEFT || Lower Saxony || {{No}}
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| Wagenknecht, Dr. Sahra || LEFT || North Rhine-Westphalia || Didn't vote
|-
| Wawzyniak, Halina || LEFT || Berlin || {{No}}
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| Weinberg, Harald || LEFT || Bavaria || Abstained
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| Werner, Katrin || LEFT || Rhineland-Palatinate || Didn't vote
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| Wunderlich, Jörn || LEFT || Saxony || {{No}}
|-
| Zimmermann, Sabine || LEFT || Saxony || Abstained
|-
<section end="CircumcisionActLEFT"/>
|}

{{SEEALSO}}
* [[Matthias Ehm]]

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