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The Parliament of Finland acted on 6 November 2020 to amend the criminal code to more clearly ban female genital mutilation (FGM). In addition, the Committee on Legal Affairs stated with regard to male genital mutilation (circumcision) of boys:
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However, in its report, the committee also addressed the non-medical circumcision of boys.
According to it, non-medical circumcision of boys basically satisfies the characteristics of assault.
- However, there is no legislation on the conditions under which non-medical circumcision of boys is allowed and no government proposal has been submitted to Parliament.
In Finland, therefore, there is no specific legal justification for non-medical circumcision of boys, the committee states in its report.
The Committee on Legal Affairs therefore considered that non-medical circumcision of boys also involves regulatory needs that need to be further explored and assessed.
The parliamentary vote dealt with two objections to the non-medical circumcision of boys, which had been made by Christian MP Antero Laukkaunen, supported by Sari Tanus (kd), and MP Sebastian Tynkkynen (ps), supported by Mari Rantanen (ps).
Basic Finns would like the circumcision of boys to be criminalized.
Basic Finnish members of the Law Committee demand that all circumcisions performed on boys for non-medical reasons should be prohibited and punishable under criminal law.<ref name="teller2020">{{REFnews
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Antero Laukkanen, MP, on the other hand, demanded that the paragraphs and sentences on non-medical circumcision of boys be deleted and that Parliament approve the committee's report as far as the ban on female and female genital mutilation is concerned.<ref name="teller2020" />
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