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The BMA seems to lean toward protecting the alleged right of its members to profit from carrying out non-therapeutic circumcision on boys, in the face of increasingly severe legal concerns. | The BMA seems to lean toward protecting the alleged right of its members to profit from carrying out non-therapeutic circumcision on boys, in the face of increasingly severe legal concerns. | ||
Lempert et al. (2022) criticized the 2019 BMA guidance for "serious weaknesses". They listed: | Lempert et al. (2022) criticized the 2019 BMA guidance for "serious weaknesses". They listed: | ||
# the absence of an explicit stance on the underlying ethical status of NPC, coupled with an implicit permissive stance,<br> | |||
# an incoherent and impracticable analysis of the child’s best interests,<br> | |||
# unbalanced guidance regarding cultural issues,<br> | |||
# unbalanced guidance regarding scientific issues,<br> | |||
# unjustified differential treatment of children of the same sex,<br> | |||
# unjustified differential treatment of children of different sexes,<br> | |||
# problems with child safeguarding, and (8) problems with regulation and training. <br> | |||
# an unjustified presumption of lawfulness of NPC of minors and<br> | |||
#) failure adequately to address recent case law.<ref name="lempert2022">{{REFjournal | |||
|last=Lempert | |last=Lempert | ||
|first=Antony | |first=Antony | ||
|init= | |init=A | ||
|author-link=Antony Lempert | |author-link=Antony Lempert | ||
|last2=Chegwidden | |last2=Chegwidden | ||
|first2=James | |first2=James | ||
|init2= | |init2=J | ||
|author2-link=James Chegwidden | |author2-link=James Chegwidden | ||
|last3=Steinfeld | |last3=Steinfeld | ||
|first3=Rebecca | |first3=Rebecca | ||
|init3= | |init3=R | ||
|author3-link=Rebecca Steinfeld | |author3-link=Rebecca Steinfeld | ||
|last4=Earp | |last4=Earp | ||
|first4=Brian D. | |first4=Brian D. | ||
|init4= | |init4=BD | ||
|author4-link=Brian D. Earp | |author4-link=Brian D. Earp | ||
|etal=no | |etal=no | ||
|title=Non-therapeutic penile circumcision of minors: Current controversies in UK law and medical ethics. | |title=Non-therapeutic penile circumcision of minors: Current controversies in UK law and medical ethics. | ||
|journal=Clinical Ethics | |journal=Clinical Ethics | ||
|location= | |location= | ||
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|accessdate=2022-05-20 | |accessdate=2022-05-20 | ||
}}</ref> | }}</ref> | ||
In addition, they noted an egregiously inadequate description of the male [[foreskin]] and its functions.<ref name="lempert2022" /> | |||
In addition, they noted an egregiously inadequate description of the male [[foreskin]] and its functions.<ref name="lempert2022"/> | |||
==Symposia== | ==Symposia== | ||