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Non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] of boys was a practice in the [[United Kingdom]] prior to about 1948. The National Health Service did not offer non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] of boys, so the practice was abandoned. Abandonment of non-therapeutic circumcision was encouraged by [[Douglas Gairdner]] whose landmark 1949 paper pointed out the lack of benefit and risks of non-therapeutic circumcision.<ref>{{GairdnerDM 1949}}</ref> Dave et al. (2003) reported a declining prevalence of circumcision in Britain.<ref name="dave2003">{{REFjournal

Non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] of boys was a practice in the [[United Kingdom]] prior to about 1948. The National Health Service did not then and does not now offer non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] of boys,<ref name="nhschild">{{REFweb

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}}</ref> so the practice was abandoned. Abandonment of non-therapeutic circumcision was encouraged by [[Douglas Gairdner]] whose landmark 1949 paper pointed out the lack of benefit and risks of non-therapeutic circumcision.<ref>{{GairdnerDM 1949}}</ref> Dave et al. (2003) reported a declining prevalence of circumcision in Britain.<ref name="dave2003">{{REFjournal

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 ===United Kingdom===
-Non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] of boys was a practice in the [[United Kingdom]] prior to about 1948. The National Health Service did not offer non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] of boys, so the practice was abandoned. Abandonment of non-therapeutic circumcision was encouraged by [[Douglas Gairdner]] whose landmark 1949 paper pointed out the lack of benefit and risks of non-therapeutic circumcision.<ref>{{GairdnerDM 1949}}</ref> Dave et al. (2003) reported a declining prevalence of circumcision in Britain.<ref name="dave2003">{{REFjournal
+Non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] of boys was a practice in the [[United Kingdom]] prior to about 1948. The National Health Service did not then and does not now offer non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] of boys,<ref name="nhschild">{{REFweb
+ |url=https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/circumcision-in-boys/
+ |archived=
+ |title=Circumcision in boys
+ |trans-title=
+ |language=
+ |last=
+ |first=
+ |author-link=
+ |publisher=National Health Service
+ |website=
+ |date=2018-11-20
+ |accessdate=2024-02-06
+ |format=
+ |quote=
+}}</ref> so the practice was abandoned. Abandonment of non-therapeutic circumcision was encouraged by [[Douglas Gairdner]] whose landmark 1949 paper pointed out the lack of benefit and risks of non-therapeutic circumcision.<ref>{{GairdnerDM 1949}}</ref> Dave et al. (2003) reported a declining prevalence of circumcision in Britain.<ref name="dave2003">{{REFjournal
   |last=Dave
   |first=Sangreta S.