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In a ruling issued in 1999 the Deputy Parliamentary Ombudsman Riitta-Leena Paunio said that Finnish public health institutions are not obliged to perform male circumcisions for non-medical reasons.

Four boys in Finland were hospitalized after being [[circumcised]] by a visiting Muslim doctor. One of the boys had gangrene in his [[penis]], but it apparently was successfully treated in hospital. An African-born doctor visiting Kuopio last week performed the operation on seven Muslim boys. The youngest was just three months old, and the oldest were about ten.<ref>{{REFnews

Four boys in Finland were hospitalized after being [[circumcised]] by a visiting Muslim doctor. One of the boys had [[gangrene]] in his [[penis]], but it apparently was successfully treated in hospital. An African-born doctor visiting Kuopio last week performed the operation on seven Muslim boys. The youngest was just three months old, and the oldest were about ten.<ref>{{REFnews

|title=Botched circumcisions send four boys to hospital in Kuopio

|url=https://www.cirp.org/news/2001/2001-08-21_helsinkinews.php

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The office of the Prosecutor General is considering filing charges in a case in which seven Muslim boys in the city of Kuopio had to be hospitalised last year following religiously-mandated circumcisions performed at their homes. In August last year an African-born doctor performed circumcisions according to Muslim teaching on the seven boys, who later required hospital treatment. When the case was made public, police investigated it as one of aggravated assault. One of the investigators now says that factors have come to light which mean that the actions cannot be considered aggravated. The case is being investigated as an ordinary assault. The boys' parents have been interrogated as possible suspects.<ref>{{REFnews

The office of the Prosecutor General is considering filing charges in a case in which seven Muslim boys in the city of Kuopio had to be hospitalised last year following religiously-mandated circumcisions performed at their homes. In August last year, an African-born doctor performed circumcisions according to Muslim teaching on the seven boys, who later required hospital treatment. When the case was made public, police investigated it as one of aggravated assault. One of the investigators now says that factors have come to light which mean that the actions cannot be considered aggravated. The case is being investigated as an ordinary assault. The boys' parents have been interrogated as possible suspects.<ref>{{REFnews

|title=Prosecutor General to consider possible charges in botched circumcision case

|url=https://www.cirp.org/news/2002/2002-01-29_helsinginsanomat.php

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The [https://stm.fi/en/ministry Ministry of Social Affairs and Health] and the Association of Finnish Local and Regional Authorities sent a letter to Finnish university hospitals in 2003 to urge them to perform non-medical circumcisions, however some doctors have refused to perform the operation, saying that it violates the [[physical integrity]] of the child.<ref>{{REFnews

|title=Finnish hospitals urged to perform circumcisions

|url=https://www.cirp.org/news/2003/2003-03-24_helsinginsanomat.php

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|url=https://intactamerica.org/cultures-that-reject-circumcision/

|title=Cultures That Reject Circumcision—And Why They’re Right

|last=Alissa

|first=Kristel

|init=

|author-link=Kristel Alissa

|publisher=Intact America

|date=2025-02-23

|accessdate=2025-05-08

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 In a ruling issued in 1999 the Deputy Parliamentary Ombudsman Riitta-Leena Paunio said that Finnish public health institutions are not obliged to perform male circumcisions for non-medical reasons.
-Four boys in Finland were hospitalized after being [[circumcised]] by a visiting Muslim doctor. One of the boys had gangrene in his [[penis]], but it apparently was successfully treated in hospital. An African-born doctor visiting Kuopio last week performed the operation on seven Muslim boys. The youngest was just three months old, and the oldest were about ten.<ref>{{REFnews
+Four boys in Finland were hospitalized after being [[circumcised]] by a visiting Muslim doctor. One of the boys had [[gangrene]] in his [[penis]], but it apparently was successfully treated in hospital. An African-born doctor visiting Kuopio last week performed the operation on seven Muslim boys. The youngest was just three months old, and the oldest were about ten.<ref>{{REFnews
   |title=Botched circumcisions send four boys to hospital in Kuopio
   |url=https://www.cirp.org/news/2001/2001-08-21_helsinkinews.php
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 }}</ref>
-The office of the Prosecutor General is considering filing charges in a case in which seven Muslim boys in the city of Kuopio had to be hospitalised last year following religiously-mandated circumcisions performed at their homes. In August last year an African-born doctor performed circumcisions according to Muslim teaching on the seven boys, who later required hospital treatment. When the case was made public, police investigated it as one of aggravated assault. One of the investigators now says that factors have come to light which mean that the actions cannot be considered aggravated. The case is being investigated as an ordinary assault. The boys' parents have been interrogated as possible suspects.<ref>{{REFnews
+The office of the Prosecutor General is considering filing charges in a case in which seven Muslim boys in the city of Kuopio had to be hospitalised last year following religiously-mandated circumcisions performed at their homes. In August last year, an African-born doctor performed circumcisions according to Muslim teaching on the seven boys, who later required hospital treatment. When the case was made public, police investigated it as one of aggravated assault. One of the investigators now says that factors have come to light which mean that the actions cannot be considered aggravated. The case is being investigated as an ordinary assault. The boys' parents have been interrogated as possible suspects.<ref>{{REFnews
   |title=Prosecutor General to consider possible charges in botched circumcision case
   |url=https://www.cirp.org/news/2002/2002-01-29_helsinginsanomat.php
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 }}</ref>
-The [https://stm.fi/en/ministry Ministry of Social Affairs and Health] and the Association of Finnish Local and Regional Authorities sent a letter to Finnish university hospitals in 2003 to urge them to perform non-medical circumcisions, however some doctors have refused to perform the operation, saying  that it violates the [[physical integrity]] of the child.<ref>{{REFnews
+The [https://stm.fi/en/ministry Ministry of Social Affairs and Health] and the Association of Finnish Local and Regional Authorities sent a letter to Finnish university hospitals in 2003 to urge them to perform non-medical circumcisions, however some doctors have refused to perform the operation, saying that it violates the [[physical integrity]] of the child.<ref>{{REFnews
   |title=Finnish hospitals urged to perform circumcisions
   |url=https://www.cirp.org/news/2003/2003-03-24_helsinginsanomat.php
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+* {{REFweb
+ |url=https://intactamerica.org/cultures-that-reject-circumcision/
+ |title=Cultures That Reject Circumcision—And Why They’re Right
+ |last=Alissa
+ |first=Kristel
+ |init=
+ |author-link=Kristel Alissa
+ |publisher=Intact America
+ |date=2025-02-23
+ |accessdate=2025-05-08
+}}
+{{REF}}
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-[[Category:Finland]]
 [[Category:Circumcision]]
 [[Category:Male circumcision]]
+[[Category:Country]]
+[[Category:Europe]]
+[[Category:Finland]]
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