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The Tasmanian Law Reform Institute recommended in a [https://www.utas.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/302829/Non-Therapuetic-Circ_Final-Report-August-2012.pdf 101-page report] that non-therapeutic circumcision of boys be made unlawful in Tasmania.<ref>{{REFnews | |||
|title=Tasmania moves a step closer to circumcision ban | |||
|url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/tasmania-moves-a-step-closer-to-circumcision-ban-20120821-24ju9.html | |||
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|publisher=Sydney Morning Herald | |||
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|date=2012-08-21 | |||
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|quote=Costs of the procedure included significant [[pain]], and a potential reduction in sexual pleasure.…"Trauma from circumcision in childhood can also have a long lasting and significant effect on a person's mental health," the report said. | |||
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Grace Gunn (2019) argues that non-therapeutic circumcision of boys should be prohibited in New South Wales.<ref name="gunn2019">{{REFweb | Grace Gunn (2019) argues that non-therapeutic circumcision of boys should be prohibited in New South Wales.<ref name="gunn2019">{{REFweb | ||