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{{Construction Site}}Dr. '''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' , B.Sc., MBBS, FRACGP, is a [[Circumcised doctors| circumcised doctor]], general practitioner , and Jewish ''[[mohel]] '' who practises medicine in Melbourne, Victoria, [[Australia]]. The ''Daily Mail'' reports that the [https://www.medicalboard.gov.au Medical Board of Australia] has banned him from performing [[circumcision]] after he amputated the [[penis| penises]] of two boys while performing ritual circumcisions in homes.<ref>{{REFnews
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Many Jews believe that the ritual of [[Brit Milah]] is required by the so-called [[Abrahamic covenant]], which is the most sacred ritual of [[Judaism]], although it is increasingly being questioned.<ref>http://www.amazon.com/Questioning-Circumcision-Perspective-Ronald-Goldman/dp/0964489562/</ref>
Non-therapeutic "cosmetic" circumcision has long been banned at public hospitals in [[Australia]].<ref>{{REFjournal
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[https://www.amawa.com.au/news/mark-duncan-smith-elected-as-new-president-of-ama-wa/ Dr Mark Duncan-Smith], the president of the AMA (WA), issued a warning to parents on 10 December 2021 regarding non-therapeutic child [[circumcision]]. Dr. Duncan-Smith said parents should only "follow through with the procedure if there is a valid medical reason." According to Dr Duncan-Smith only about ten percent of boys in Western Australia are now being [[circumcised]].<ref>{{REFnews
|url=https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10293843/Circumcision-warning-two-year-old-dies-brother-bleeds-Western-Australia.html
|title=Parents are warned against circumcising their children after a toddler, 2, died 'of a reaction to anaesthetic' and his baby brother almost bled out
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== Potential civil and criminal liability ==
[[J. Neville Turner]], Professor of Law at Melbourne's Monash University and president of Oz Child, has argued that "circumcised boys may sue."<ref name="turner1996">{{REFjournal
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Boyle et al. (2000) suggested that [[circumcision]] of incompetent minors may constitute criminal assault. They also suggested that civil liability may apply and cited cases in which damages were obtained for circumcision.<ref>Gregory J Boyle, J Steven Svoboda, Christopher P Price, J Neville Turner. [https://www.cirp.org/library/legal/boyle1/ Circumcision of Healthy Boys: Criminal Assault?] 7 J Law Med 301 (2000).</ref>
It is not clear what civil and/or criminal penalties Dr. Goldman may face.
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* [[Jean-Marie Huot]]
* [[Australia]]
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