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According to his own statements, Professor Morten Frisch does not identify as an [[intactivist]]. Nevertheless, the area of genital integrity and the medical and ethical effects of [[circumcision]] are part of his areas of interest and he has published several papers about the subject. | According to his own statements, Professor Morten Frisch does not identify as an [[intactivist]]. Nevertheless, the area of genital integrity and the medical and ethical effects of [[circumcision]] are part of his areas of interest and he has published several papers about the subject. | ||
== Danish circumcision debate == | |||
In 2020, Frisch and 41 of his colleagues (chief physicians, specialists, ward doctors and junior doctors) protested in an [[Danish open letter to Danish Agency for Patient Safety|open letter]] against the knee-jerk reaction to religious pressure that the Danish Agency for Patient Safety has shown in the issue of the boy circumcision problem.<ref>{{REFweb | |||
|url=https://politiken.dk/debat/debatindlaeg/art7932040/J%C3%B8disk-lov-skal-ikke-diktere-reglerne-for-drengeomsk%C3%A6ring-i-Danmark | |||
|title=Opråb fra bekymrede læger: Jødisk lov skal ikke diktere reglerne for drengeomskæring i Danmark | |||
|trans-title=Calls from concerned doctors: Jewish law should not dictate the rules for boy circumcision in Denmark | |||
|language=Danish | |||
|publisher=Politiken.dk | |||
|date=2020-09-21 | |||
|accessdate=2020-09-21 | |||
}}</ref> | |||
==Video== | ==Video== | ||