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# We need legislative initiatives around the world to protect all children, regardless of gender, from non-therapeutic genital surgery. | # We need legislative initiatives around the world to protect all children, regardless of gender, from non-therapeutic genital surgery. | ||
# Children with atypical physical gender characteristics have to be protected against medically unnecessary genital operations and further interventions. | # Children with atypical physical gender characteristics have to be protected against medically unnecessary genital operations and further interventions. | ||
# We need an immediate stop to the mass circumcision of boys, too, as part of the alleged HIV prevention in African countries. | # We need an immediate stop to the mass circumcision of boys, too, as part of the alleged [[HIV]] prevention in African countries. | ||
# Public research and education on the consequences of non-therapeutic genital surgery on children in their various forms and social contexts is urgently needed. | # Public research and education on the consequences of non-therapeutic genital surgery on children in their various forms and social contexts is urgently needed. | ||