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NonExcision of healthy functional tissue that occurs with non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] of children is a practice that is of uncertain dubious lawfulness in Canada.
→Non-therapeutic circumcision and Canadian law
==Non-therapeutic circumcision and Canadian law==
===The Canadian legal view===
The Government of Canada officially states:
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The ''Charter of Rights and Freedoms'' (1982), [https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/services/how-rights-protected/guide-canadian-charter-rights-freedoms.html#a2e Section 7] provides every Canadian with the right to ''security of the person''.<ref name="chhrp2018" /> Collins (2013) argues strongly that a precautionary approach is legally required to protect the Canadian right to ''security of the person''.<ref>{{REFjournal