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==Investigation of medical doctors==
==Investigation of medical doctors==
The CSS used the Freedom of Information Act to obtain information on the discipline of medical doctors by the General Medical Council (GMC). The GMC holds four disciplinary sessions a year. Over the last decade it has disciplined 39 doctors for ritual (non-therapeutic) [[circumcision]] issues. The Medical Protection Society warned circumcision carries "considerable risks and complications”.<ref>{{REFnews
The NSS used the Freedom of Information Act to obtain information on the discipline of medical doctors by the General Medical Council (GMC). The GMC holds four disciplinary sessions a year. Over the last decade it has disciplined 39 doctors for ritual (non-therapeutic) [[circumcision]] issues. The Medical Protection Society warned circumcision carries "considerable risks and complications”.<ref>{{REFnews
  |title=Exposed: the horror statistics behind ritual circumcision of baby boys in the UK
  |title=Exposed: the horror statistics behind ritual circumcision of baby boys in the UK
  |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/exposed-horrors-ritual-circumcision-baby-28990951
  |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/exposed-horrors-ritual-circumcision-baby-28990951