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{{Construction Site}}The '''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' (NSS) is a British non-governmental organisation that advocates separation of church and state. The NSS is the parent organisation of the [[Secular Medical Forum]].
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==Opposition to genital cutting of children==The NSS published the opinion of Dr [[Antony Lempert]] who opposed the [[genital cutting]] of children.<ref name="lempert2022">{{REFweb |url=https://www.secularism.org.uk/opinion/2022/01/recent-studies-agree-the-risks-of-circumcision-outweigh-any-benefits-its-time-to-rethink-our-permissive-approach-to-genital-cutting |title=Recent studies agree: the risks of circumcision outweigh any benefits. It’s time to rethink our permissive approach to genital cutting |last=Lempert |first=Antony |init= |author-link=Antony Lempert |publisher=National Secular Society |date=2022-01-31 |accessdate=2023-01-20}}</ref> Dr Alejandro Sanchez is the director for [[human rights]]. The NSS has taken a position in opposition to non-therapeutic (ritual) [[circumcision]] of male children.<ref>{{REFweb
|url=https://www.secularism.org.uk/opinion/2022/11/our-health-system-is-failing-to-protect-children-from-ritual-circumcision
|title=Our health system is failing to protect children from ritual circumcision
|accessdate=2023-01-18
}}</ref>
===Opposition to the "Jewish Manifesto"===
The Board of Deputies of British Jews has issued a "Jewish Manifesto" that calls for the protection of the practise of [[Brit Milah| circumcision]] of infant boys. The NSS has taken a position in defence of the [[human rights]] of boys to [[physical integrity]].<ref name="NSS2024">{{REFweb
|url=https://www.secularism.org.uk/news/2024/06/jewish-manifesto-demands-defence-of-infant-circumcision
|title=Jewish manifesto demands defence of infant circumcision
|last=Anonymous
|first=
|init=
|author-link=
|publisher=National Secular Society
|date=2024-06-26
|accessdate=2024-07-04
}}</ref>
[[Bruchim]] is an American Jewish organisation that is working in the [[United States]] to make [[intactness]] acceptable in Jewish synagogues.
The NSS has requested that the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) end the ritual genital cutting of children.<ref>{{REFweb
|url=https://www.secularism.org.uk/news/2025/03/nss-to-un-end-ritual-genital-cutting-of-children
|title=NSS to UN: end ritual genital cutting of children
|last=Anonymous
|first=
|init=
|author-link=
|publisher=National Secular Society
|date=2025-03-26
|accessdate=2025-05-17
}}</ref>
==Investigation of medical doctors==
The NSS used the Freedom of Information Act to obtain information on the discipline of medical doctors by the General Medical Council (GMC). The GMC holds four disciplinary sessions a year. Over the last decade it has disciplined 39 doctors for ritual (non-therapeutic) [[circumcision]] issues. The Medical Protection Society warned circumcision carries "considerable risks and complications”.<ref>{{REFnews
|title=Exposed: the horror statistics behind ritual circumcision of baby boys in the UK
|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/exposed-horrors-ritual-circumcision-baby-28990951
|last=Penmman
|first=Andrew
|init=
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|publisher=Mirror
|website=
|date=2023-01-19
|accessdate=2023-01-20
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}}</ref>
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* {{REFjournal
|last=Sanchez
|init=AM
|author-link=
|url=https://www.bmj.com/content/388/bmj.r94/rr
|title=Why was a struck off doctor able to keep circumcising boys?
|journal=BMJ
|date=2025-01-21
|volume=388
|issue=
|pages=r94
|accessdate=2025-01-28
}}
==Video==
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Barrister [[James Chegwidden]] addressed the meeting of the National Secular Society regarding about the state of the law of in the [[United Kingdom on ]] concerning male cirumcision[[circumcision]].
<youtube>v=pbu8tO2Ca5g</youtube>
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