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Sweden has a very large number of political parties. None can get a majority in the Riksdag so a coalition of parties must be created in order to create a government. | Sweden has a very large number of political parties. None can get a majority in the Riksdag so a coalition of parties must be created in order to create a government. | ||
Several parties have voted internally to favor a law that would prohibit non-therapeutic circumcision of boys. | Several parties have voted internally to favor a law that would prohibit non-therapeutic circumcision of boys: | ||
* The [[Vänsterpartiet]] (Left Party} proposes a legal ban on non-therapeutic circumcision (genital mutilation) of boys. | |||
* The [[Centerpartiet]] (Centre Party) voted in September 2019 to forbid the non-medical circumcision of boys.<ref name="Aftonbladed">{{REFweb | |||
|url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/Wbdn8j/centern-vill-forbjuda-omskarelse-pa-pojkar | |||
|title=Centern vill förbjuda omskärelse på pojkar | |||
|trans-title=The center wants to prohibit circumcision on boys | |||
|language=Swedish | |||
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|publisher=''Aftonbladed'' | |||
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|date=2019-09-28 | |||
|accessdate=2019-09-29 | |||
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* The popolist, conservative [[Sverigedemokraterna]] (Sweden Democrats), which is gaining popularity, supports a ban on non-therapeutic circumcision of boys.<ref>{{REFnews | |||
|title=Sweden Democrats Party Calls For Ban On Circumcision | |||
|url=https://newspunch.com/sweden-democrats-party-calls-for-ban-on-circumcision/ | |||
|last=Harris | |||
|first=Niamh | |||
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|publisher=News Punch | |||
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|date=2018-10-05 | |||
|accessdate=2021-03-13 | |||
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{{SEEALSO}} | {{SEEALSO}} | ||