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==Nordic view of non-therapeutic circumcision of boys.==
Denmark is a Nordic nation in Northern Europe. Like other Nordic nations, the people abhor child non-therapeutic [[circumcision]].
Denmark has taken the leading role in challenging the legitimacy of circumcision. In 2003, the country’s Children’s Ombudsman classified circumcision as a violation of children’s rights. In 2008, the National Children’s Council proposed a ban on circumcising all children under the age of fifteen, which would have made the Jewish brit mila a crime.<ref>{{REFjournal
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In 2013, children's ombudsmen from [[Sweden]], [[Norway]], [[Finland]], Denmark, and Iceland, along with the Chair of the Danish Children's Council and the children's spokesperson for Greenland, passed a resolution that emphasized the decision to be circumcised should belong to the individual, who should be able to give [[informed consent]].<ref name="resolution2">{{REFweb
|last=Nordic Association of Children's Ombudsmen
|title=Let the boys decide for themselves
}}[] Tuesday, 1 October 2013</ref>
The Nordic Association of Clinical Sexologists (2013) supports the position of the Nordic Association of Ombudsmen who reason that circumcision violates the individual's [[human rights ]] by denying the male child his ability to make the decision for himself.<ref name="nordicsexologits2013">{{REFdocument
|title=Statement on Non-Therapeutic Circumcision of Boys
|url=http://nacs.eu/data/press_release001.pdf
|last=Aktor
|first=Mikael
|init=M
|author-link=Mikael Aktor
|year=2016
|title=Whose Rights? The Danish Debate on Ritual Infant Male Circumcision as a Human Rights Issue
===ICCPR===
Denmark is a state-party to the ''[[International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights]]'' (1967).
====Article two====
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This means that all children, male and female, and regardless of parental religious views, shall enjoy the same [[human rights]].
====Article twelve====
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Denmark has ''not'' fulfilled its several promises to protect the [[human rights ]] of boys.
==Medical science==
[[Jakob Øster]], a Danish physician in Randers, Denmark who conducted school examinations, reported his findings on the examination of school-boys in Denmark, where circumcision is rare. Øster (1968) found that the incidence of fusion of the foreskin with the glans penis steadily declines with increasing age and foreskin retractability increases with age.<ref name="Øster1968">{{OesterJ 1968}}</ref>
[[Morten Frisch]] et al. (2011) produced an important study elucidating the relationship between [[circumcision]] and sexual function difficulties.<ref name="frisch2011">{{REFjournal |last=Frisch |first=Morten |init=M |author-link=Morten Frisch |last2=Lindholm |first2=Morten |init2=M |author2-link= |last3=Grønbæk |first3=Morten |init3=M |author3-link= |etal=no |title=Male circumcision and sexual function in men and women: a survey-based, cross-sectional study in Denmark. |journal=Int J Epidemiol |location= |volume=40 |issue=5 |pages=1367 |url=https://academic.oup.com/ije/article/40/5/1367/658163 |quote= |pubmedID=21672947 |pubmedCID= |DOI=10.1093/ije/dyr104 |date=FrischM LindholmM GroenbaekM 2011-06-14 |accessdate=2020-10-04}}</ref>
Morten & Simonsen (2015) of the [https://en.ssi.dk/ Danish National Serum Institute] associate neonatal non-therapeutic circumcision with [https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/autism/facts.html#ref autism spectrum disorder].<ref>{{REFjournal
|last=Frisch
|first=Morten
|accessdate=2020-10-05
}}</ref>
[[Morten Frisch]] and Jacob Simonsen (2021) carried out a large scale population study regarding the alleged value of male circumcision in preventing [[HIV]] and other sexually transmitted infection in men. They found that circumcised men have a higher rate of STI and [[HIV]] infection overall than intact men.<ref name="frisch2021">{{FrischM SimonsenJ 2021}}</ref>
==Intactivist organizations==
The Danish Association of General Medicine (2014) declared:
<blockquote>The Health Agency has sent 'Guidance on Circumcision of Boys' in consultation. The DSAM's [Board] of Directors has discussed the draft consultation and agree that circumcision may only be performed when there is a [[medical indication ]] for it. If circumcision is performed without a [[medical indication]], it is a case of mutilation.<ref>{{REFweb
|url=https://www.arclaw.org/news/danish-doctors-call-circumcision-mutilation
|title=Doctors are now speaking out: circumcision is a violation and should be banned
The [https://www.sum.dk/English.aspx Danish Health Ministry] (2016) announced that, beginning in 2017, all circumcisions, regardless of where they take place, will need to be reported to Denmark’s national patient registry (''Landspatientregistret'').<ref name="danishdoctors2016" />
The percentage of males [[circumcised]] in Denmark (prevalence) is reported to be 5.3%.<ref>{{REFweb
|url=https://circstatistics.github.io/
|title=Global Circumcision Statistics and Estimates
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|publisher=https://circstatistics.github.io
|date=2024-04-01
|accessdate=2024-04-01
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=== Citizens proposal ===
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Mette Frederiksen, [https://www.stm.dk/ Prime Minister of Denmark], argued that an alleged promise made to Jews in the aftermath of World War II takes precedence over Denmark's clear obligations under international law of [[human rights ]] to protect the [[human rights ]] of its citizens, including boys.<ref>{{REFnews
|title=Denmark refuses to ban the ritual circumcision of boys
|url=http://cphpost.dk/?p=118305
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