Norway
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Norway is a constitutional monarchy.
Nordic view of non-therapeutic circumcision of boys.
Norway is a Nordic nation in Northern Europe. Like other Nordic nations, the people abhor 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] Anne Lindboe, a paediatrician, is the Children's Ombudsman for Norway. Lindboe believes that boys should decide for themselves if they wish to be circumcised.[2]
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.[3]
The medical doctors at Sørland Hospital in Kristiansand, Southern Norway have all refused to perform circumcisions on boys, citing reasons of conscience.[4]
Recent developments
The Norwegian Health Service (2014) does not provide non-therapeutic male circumcision.[5]
Astrid Grydeland Ersvik, director of the Norwegian Nurses Association, said the association urged the government to ban [non-therapeutic] circumcision of boys under 15-16 years of age.[6]
References
- ↑
Nordic Association of Children's Ombudsmen (30 September 2013). Let the boys decide for themselves
. Retrieved 5 October 2020.[] Tuesday, 1 October 2013 - ↑
Anne Lindboe
. Retrieved 14 February 2021. - ↑
Statement on Non-Therapeutic Circumcision of Boys 
, Nordic Association of Clinical Sexologists. (3 October 2013). Retrieved 5 October 2020.
- ↑
Faull, Solrun F. (30 August 2016)."Hospital doctors in Southern Norway will not circumcise boys".
- ↑ (30 April 2014)."Male circumcision row in secular Norway", Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
- ↑ (21 March 2014)."Norwegian nurses push to ban ritual circumcision", The Times of Israel. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
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