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==Opposition to genital cutting of children==
The NSS published the opinion of Dr [[Antony Lempert]] who opposesd 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
}}</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
[[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
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|publisher=National Secular Society
|date=2025-03-26
|accessdate=2025-05-17
}}</ref>
==Investigation of medical doctors==
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|last=Sanchez
|init=AM
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|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
}}
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