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In a ruling issued in 1999 the Deputy Parliamentary Ombudsman Riitta-Leena Paunio said that Finnish public health institutions are not obliged to perform male circumcisions for non-medical reasons. | In a ruling issued in 1999 the Deputy Parliamentary Ombudsman Riitta-Leena Paunio said that Finnish public health institutions are not obliged to perform male circumcisions for non-medical reasons. | ||
Four boys in Finland were hospitalized after being circumcised by a visiting Muslim doctor. One of the boys had gangrene in his penis, but it apparently was successfully treated in hospital. An African-born doctor visiting Kuopio last week performed the operation on seven Muslim boys. The youngest was just three months old, and the oldest were about ten.<ref>{{REFnews | Four boys in Finland were hospitalized after being [[circumcised]] by a visiting Muslim doctor. One of the boys had gangrene in his penis, but it apparently was successfully treated in hospital. An African-born doctor visiting Kuopio last week performed the operation on seven Muslim boys. The youngest was just three months old, and the oldest were about ten.<ref>{{REFnews | ||
|title=Botched circumcisions send four boys to hospital in Kuopio | |title=Botched circumcisions send four boys to hospital in Kuopio | ||
|url=http://www.cirp.org/news/helsinkinews08-21-01/ | |url=http://www.cirp.org/news/helsinkinews08-21-01/ | ||
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The [https://stm.fi/en/ministry Ministry of Social Affairs and Health] and the Association of Finnish Local and Regional Authorities sent a letter to Finnish university hospitals in 2003 to urge them to perform non-medical circumcisions, however some doctors have refused to perform the operation, saying that it violates the physical integrity of the child.<ref>{{REFnews | The [https://stm.fi/en/ministry Ministry of Social Affairs and Health] and the Association of Finnish Local and Regional Authorities sent a letter to Finnish university hospitals in 2003 to urge them to perform non-medical circumcisions, however some doctors have refused to perform the operation, saying that it violates the [[physical integrity]] of the child.<ref>{{REFnews | ||
|title=Finnish hospitals urged to perform circumcisions | |title=Finnish hospitals urged to perform circumcisions | ||
|url=http://www.cirp.org/news/helsinginsanomat03-24-03/ | |url=http://www.cirp.org/news/helsinginsanomat03-24-03/ | ||
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A Muslim mother had been charged with assault after she had her four-year-old son circumcised. The trial court ruled that the circumcision of the boy was illegal.<ref>{{REFnews | A Muslim mother had been charged with assault after she had her four-year-old son [[circumcised]]. The trial court ruled that the circumcision of the boy was illegal.<ref>{{REFnews | ||
|title=Court rules circumcision of four-year-old boy illegal | |title=Court rules circumcision of four-year-old boy illegal | ||
|url=http://www.cirp.org/news/helsinginsanomat2006-08-07/ | |url=http://www.cirp.org/news/helsinginsanomat2006-08-07/ | ||
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The [https://www.greens.fi/Finnish Green League] voted in 2012 to seek the phase-out of non-medical male circumcision of boys by law.<ref>{{REFnews | The [https://www.greens.fi/Finnish Green League] voted in 2012 to seek the phase-out of non-medical male [[circumcision]] of boys by law.<ref>{{REFnews | ||
|title=NEWS ANALYSIS: Finland lacks policy on religiously-mandated male circumcision | |title=NEWS ANALYSIS: Finland lacks policy on religiously-mandated male circumcision | ||
|url=http://www.circumstitions.com/news/news45.html#finland-nolaw2 | |url=http://www.circumstitions.com/news/news45.html#finland-nolaw2 | ||