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==Non-therapeutic circumcision and Australian law== | ==Non-therapeutic circumcision and Australian law== | ||
Australia is a state-party to the United Nations ''Covenant on Civil and Political Rights'' (1966) and to the United Nations ''Convention on the Rights of the Child'' (1989, both of which provide various rights to children, which are violated by non-therapeutic child circumcision. | Australia is a state-party to the United Nations ''Covenant on Civil and Political Rights'' (1966) and to the United Nations ''Convention on the Rights of the Child'' (1989, both of which provide various [[human rights]] to children, which are violated by non-therapeutic child circumcision. | ||
The legality of non-therapeutic circumcision of boys has been considered several times. | The legality of non-therapeutic circumcision of boys has been considered several times. | ||
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==Circumcision in the 21st Century== | ==Circumcision in the 21st Century== | ||
The several Australian states operate public hospitals. By 2008 all public hospitals in all states no longer offer non-therapeutic circumcision to patients. | The several Australian states operate public hospitals. By 2008 all public hospitals in all states no longer offer non-therapeutic circumcision to patients.<ref>{{REFnews | ||
|title=Cosmetic circumcision banned | |||
|url=http://www.cirp.org/news/theadvertiser2007-11-12/ | |||
|last=Pengelley | |||
|first=Jill | |||
|coauthors= | |||
|publisher=The Advertiser | |||
|website= | |||
|date=2007-12-09 | |||
|accessdate=2019-11-06 | |||
|quote=CIRCUMCISION will be banned in the state's public hospitals unless it is for medical reasons. | |||
}}</ref> | |||
As the incidence of non-therapeutic circumcision has declined, the incidence of infant deaths and SIDS deaths has also declined, while the overall health of Australia's children has improved.<ref>{{REFbook | As the incidence of non-therapeutic circumcision has declined, the incidence of infant deaths and SIDS deaths has also declined, while the overall health of Australia's children has improved.<ref>{{REFbook | ||