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 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]].
-The NSS has taken a position in opposition to non-therapeutic (ritual) [[circumcision]] of male children.<ref>{{REFweb
+==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
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   |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=
+ |author-link=
+ |publisher=Mirror
+ |website=
+ |date=2023-01-19
+ |accessdate=2023-01-20
+ |format=
+ |quote=
+}}</ref>
+{{PUB}}
+* {{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
+}}
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