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Finland is a Nordic nation in Northern Europe. Like other Nordic nations, the people abhor non-medical 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 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.[3]
The 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."[4]
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.[5]
The Ministry of Social Affairs planned to legalise male circumcison in 2008, but the plan was not adopted.[6]
The Finnish Green League voted in 2012 to seek the phase-out of non-medical male circumcision of boys by law.[7]
True Finns, Finland's third largest political party, proposed banning non-medical ritual circumcision in October 2012.[8]
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.
- ↑
(24 March 2003)."Finnish hospitals urged to perform circumcisions", Helsinor Sanomat. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- ↑ Position Statement on the Circumcision of Boys, Central Union for Child Welfare in Finland. (25 August 2003). Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- ↑ (7 August 2006)."Court rules circumcision of four-year-old boy illegal", Helsingin Sanomat. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- ↑ (31 July 2008)."Finland Considers Legalising Male Circumcision", YLE Uutiset. 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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