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The 2001 circumcision law makes non-therapeutic child [[circumcision]] somewhat safer because a licensed medical doctor must be in attendance. It requires the use of anaesthesia so the extreme [[pain| pain and trauma]] of child circumcision is reduced. However it stops short of protecting the [[human rights]] of the child. The child will still suffer harm due to the amputation of the multi-functional [[foreskin]] | The 2001 circumcision law makes non-therapeutic child [[circumcision]] somewhat safer because a licensed medical doctor must be in attendance. It requires the use of anaesthesia so the extreme [[pain| pain and trauma]] of child circumcision is reduced. However it stops short of protecting the [[human rights]] of the child. The child will still suffer harm due to the [[amputation]] of the multi-functional [[foreskin]]. | ||
[[Sverigedemokraterna| Sweden Democrats]] introduced a bill into the Riksdag on 24 September 2013 that would ban the non-therapeutic circumcision of boys.<ref>{{REFweb | [[Sverigedemokraterna| Sweden Democrats]] introduced a bill into the Riksdag on 24 September 2013 that would ban the non-therapeutic circumcision of boys.<ref>{{REFweb | ||