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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://www.lskl.fi/english/ Central Union for Child Welfare] in Finland issued a position statement on male circumcision in 2003. The statement said "circumcision of boys that violates the personal integrity of the boys is not acceptable unless it is done for medical reasons to treat an illness."<ref>{{REFdocument | The [https://www.lskl.fi/english/ Central Union for Child Welfare] in Finland issued a position statement on male [[circumcision]] in 2003. The statement said "circumcision of boys that violates the personal integrity of the boys is not acceptable unless it is done for medical reasons to treat an illness."<ref>{{REFdocument | ||
|title=Position Statement on the Circumcision of Boys | |title=Position Statement on the Circumcision of Boys | ||
|url=http://www.cirp.org/library/statements/finland2003/ | |url=http://www.cirp.org/library/statements/finland2003/ | ||
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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.perussuomalaiset.fi/kielisivu/in-english/ Finns Party] (''Perussuomalaiset'', or PS), formerly known as the True Finns, Finland's third largest political party, proposed banning non-medical ritual circumcision in October 2012.<ref>{{REFnews | The [https://www.perussuomalaiset.fi/kielisivu/in-english/ Finns Party] (''Perussuomalaiset'', or PS), formerly known as the True Finns, Finland's third largest political party, proposed banning non-medical [[Brit Milah| ritual circumcision]] in October 2012.<ref>{{REFnews | ||
|title=Finnish party plans new bill to ban circumcision | |title=Finnish party plans new bill to ban circumcision | ||
|url=http://www.circumstitions.com/news/news50.html#finland-nolaw3 | |url=http://www.circumstitions.com/news/news50.html#finland-nolaw3 | ||