Finland
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Finland is a Nordic nation in Northern Europe. Like other Nordic nations, the people abhor child circumcision.
In 2013, children's ombudsmen from Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, and Iceland, along with the Chair of the Danish Children's Council and the children's spokesperson for Greenland, passed a resolution that emphasized the decision to be circumcised should belong to the individual, who should be able to give informed consent.[1]
The Nordic Association of Clinical Sexologists (2013) supports the position of the Nordic Association of Ombudsmen who reason that circumcision violates the individual's human rights by denying the male child his ability to make the decision for himself.[2]
History
The Finnish Green League voted to seek the phase-out of non-medical male circumcision of boys by law.[3]
True Finns, Finland's third largest political party, proposed banning non-medical ritual circumcision in October 2012.[4]
References
- ↑
Nordic Association of Children's Ombudsmen (30 September 2013). Let the boys decide for themselves
. Retrieved 3 November 2020.[] Tuesday, 1 October 2013 - ↑
Statement on Non-Therapeutic Circumcision of Boys 
, Nordic Association of Clinical Sexologists. (3 October 2013). Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- ↑
Vähäsarja, Irina (28 May 2012)."NEWS ANALYSIS: Finland lacks policy on religiously-mandated male circumcision", Helsingin Sanomat. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- ↑ (2 October 2012)."Finnish party plans new bill to ban circumcision", Jewish Telegraph Agency. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
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