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==Circumcision in the news==
Wouter van Erkel and Koen Sijtsema said a ban on circumcision should be put on the political agenda. They said beween 10,000 and 15,000 boys are circumcised every year for the parent's religious views. They stated:
<blockquote>Freedom of religion implies that every person is free to adhere to any religion they like. That freedom must under no circumstances include the infliction of a religious, permanent marker on another person. Then one person’s freedom curtails the freedom of another.</blockquote>
They propose to gradually increase the minimum age for circumcision and to require parents to register a child for circumcision. A ban would be imposed later.<ref>{{REFnews
|title=Male circumcision is ‘violation of bodily integrity’ and should be banned
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|url=https://www.dutchnews.nl/features/2017/06/male-circumcision-is-violation-of-bodily-integrity/
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|last=van Erke
|first=Wouter
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|last2=Sijtsema
|first2=Koen
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|publisher=NRC
|website=utchnews.nl
|date=2017-06-19
|accessdate=2021-09-20
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