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}}</ref> after which the proposal was dropped.
The ''Guardian'' (1999) reported the family law case of Re J (child's religious upbringing and circumcision)<ref>{{REFweb
|url=http://www.cirp.org/library/legal/Re_J/2000.html
|title=Re J (child's religious upbringing and circumcision)
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|date=1999-11-25
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}}</ref> in which the Muslim father wanted a son circumcised but the British mother did not. The Court of Appeal stated in part:
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The judge said it was not in the best interests of the child to be circumcised, with its risk of pain and psychological damage which the boy would find hard to understand.
He said the boy might be traumatised by the operation. "The operation and the period leading up to it was also likely to be highly stressful to the mother."<ref>{{REFnews
|title=Muslim father loses court battle
|url=http://www.cirp.org/news/1999.11.26_Guardian/
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===Human Rights Act 1998===