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'''Political attitudes toward MGM''' vary from nation to nation.
'''Political attitudes toward MGM''' vary from nation to nation.


While [[FGM]] is outlawed in almost every country, most countries still ignore, tolerate or accept [[MGM]] on minors. This is a classical [[bias]] situation. Furthermore, every country worldwide punishes bodily harm. [[MGM]] on minors without any medical indication is bodily harm by definition.
While [[FGM]] is outlawed in almost every country, most countries still ignore, tolerate or accept [[MGM]] on minors. This is a classical [[bias]] situation. Furthermore, every country worldwide punishes [[bodily harm]]. [[MGM]] on minors without any [[medical indication]] is bodily harm by definition.


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== Germany ==
== Germany ==
=== Alliance 90/The Greens ===
=== Alliance 90/The Greens ===
* 2014: The "[[Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft Säkulare Grüne]]" (Nationwide Working Community of Secular Greens) votes against male circumcision on minors without medical indication, in their "Statement on medically indicated genital circumcision of boys".
* 2014: The "[[Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft Säkulare Grüne]]" (Nationwide Working Community of Secular Greens) votes against male [[circumcision]] on minors without [[medical indication]], in their "Statement on medically indicated genital circumcision of boys".


== [[Norway]] ==
== [[Norway]] ==
=== FrP ===
=== FrP ===
* 2017: Voted to ban the ritual circumcision of boys under the age of 16.<ref name="Independent2017">{{REFweb
* 2017: Voted to ban the ritual [[circumcision]] of boys under the age of 16.<ref name="Independent2017">{{REFweb
  |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/norwegian-ruling-progress-party-ban-circumcision-men-under-16-years-old-vote-annual-conference-a7723746.html
  |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/norwegian-ruling-progress-party-ban-circumcision-men-under-16-years-old-vote-annual-conference-a7723746.html
  |title=Norwegian ruling party votes to ban circumcision for men under 16 years old
  |title=Norwegian ruling party votes to ban [[circumcision]] for men under 16 years old
  |last=Revesz
  |last=Revesz
  |first=Rachael
  |first=Rachael
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== [[Sweden]] ==
== [[Sweden]] ==
=== [[Centerpartiet]] ===
=== [[Centerpartiet]] ===
* 2019: The Center Meeting of the Centre Party has decided that the Centre Party should work to forbid the non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] of boys in Sweden.<ref name="Aftonbladed">{{REFweb
* 2019: The Center Meeting of the Centre Party has decided that the Centre Party should work to forbid the non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] of boys in [[Sweden]].<ref name="Aftonbladed">{{REFweb
  |url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/Wbdn8j/centern-vill-forbjuda-omskarelse-pa-pojkar
  |url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/Wbdn8j/centern-vill-forbjuda-omskarelse-pa-pojkar
  |title=Centern vill förbjuda omskärelse på pojkar
  |title=Centern vill förbjuda omskärelse på pojkar
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  |accessdate=2020-04-02
  |accessdate=2020-04-02
}}</ref>
}}</ref>
 
{{SEEALSO}}
* [[Denmark]]
* [[Norway]]
* [[Sweden]]
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{{LINKS}}
* {{URLwikipedia|Circumcision_and_law|Circumcision and law|2020-04-02}}
* {{URLwikipedia|Circumcision_and_law|Circumcision and law|2020-04-02}}