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In 2020 he spoke in a video message on [[WWDOGA]]: | |||
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|Text= | |Text=Thank you to everyone involved for organising this timely opportunity to mark the 8th anniversary of the [[Cologne circumcision court judgment|ruling by the Cologne Court]] that non-therapeutic male circumcision is actual bodily harm. That ruling was immediately [[German Circumcision Act|politically sidelined]]. But the thought is out there in the political, public and judicial domains. | ||
The idea that is OK to cut a healthy bit off a healthy child is a hard thing to justify. There are now an ever growing number of academics from various disciplines examining circumcision with un-blinkered eyes. The physical sciences now quite clearly show that the [[foreskin]] is specialised erogenous tissue. The lawyers, ethicists, and philosophers are no longer afraid to tackle the issue of non-therapeutic genital cutting, and many have pointed to the alarming way basic rights are denied to a great many children, boys, girls, and those born with variations of genital anatomy. | |||
The [[Religion and culture|religions and cultures]] that practice non-therapeutic genital cutting now have a growing body of people within them who are questioning the practices. | |||
In our many [[Intactivist groups|groups and organisations]] we are now a movement to be reckoned with. A movement that provides support, a voice for victims, and the will to hold the authorities to account, for what is essentially a non-accidental injury in child protection law and a wounding in criminal law. | |||
The [[WWDOGA|Worldwide Day of Genital Autonomy]] has provided a clear focus on the important issue which is providing children with protection from non-therapeutic genital cutting [[HGM|in all its forms and manifestations]]. | |||
|Author=[[Richard Duncker]] | |Author=[[Richard Duncker]] | ||
|Source=[[WWDOGA]] 2020 | |Source=[[WWDOGA]] 2020 | ||