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==Nordic view of non-therapeutic circumcision of boys.== | ==Nordic view of non-therapeutic circumcision of boys.== | ||
Denmark is a Nordic nation in Northern Europe. Like other Nordic nations, the people abhor child circumcision. | Denmark is a Nordic nation in Northern Europe. Like other Nordic nations, the people abhor child non-therapeutic circumcision. | ||
Denmark has taken the leading role in challenging the legitimacy of circumcision. In 2003, the country’s Children’s Ombudsman classified circumcision as a violation of children’s rights. In 2008, the National Children’s Council proposed a ban on circumcising all children under the age of fifteen, which would have made the Jewish brit mila a crime.<ref>{{REFjournal | Denmark has taken the leading role in challenging the legitimacy of circumcision. In 2003, the country’s Children’s Ombudsman classified circumcision as a violation of children’s rights. In 2008, the National Children’s Council proposed a ban on circumcising all children under the age of fifteen, which would have made the Jewish brit mila a crime.<ref>{{REFjournal | ||
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In 2013, children's ombudsmen from Sweden, Norway, [[Finland]], Denmark, and Iceland, along with the Chair of the Danish Children's Council and the children's spokesperson for Greenland, passed a resolution that emphasized the decision to be circumcised should belong to the individual, who should be able to give informed consent.<ref name="resolution2">{{REFweb | In 2013, children's ombudsmen from Sweden, [[Norway]], [[Finland]], Denmark, and Iceland, along with the Chair of the Danish Children's Council and the children's spokesperson for Greenland, passed a resolution that emphasized the decision to be circumcised should belong to the individual, who should be able to give informed consent.<ref name="resolution2">{{REFweb | ||
|last=Nordic Association of Children's Ombudsmen | |last=Nordic Association of Children's Ombudsmen | ||
|title=Let the boys decide for themselves | |title=Let the boys decide for themselves | ||