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'''Circumcision legal commentary''' has been published for about the last fifty years in several nations by different authors who have a variety of views. The intent of this page is to collect such circumcision legal commentary in the English language as can be found online and link to it. Material will be arranged in approximate chronological order of publication.
==Publications==
T. L. Fisher (1966), an officer of the [https://www.cmpa-acpm.ca/en/home Canadian Medical Protective Association], discussed the legal dangers of using outmoded treatment. This is, of course, relevant to the outmoded practice of circumcision of male children.
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Boyle, ''et al''. (2000) argue strongly, that in common law jurisdictions such as the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, and the United States, parents lack the capacity to consent to non-therapeutic circumcision, so it constitutes criminal assault, whenever it is performed.
* {{REFjournal
|journal=J Law Med
|location=
|date=2000-01-01
|volume=7
|issue=
|pages=301-310
|url=https://pure.bond.edu.au/ws/portalfiles/portal/26148474/Circumcision_of_healthy_boys.pdf
|archived=
|DOI=
|accessdate=2020-04-08
}}
Suzannne Bouclin (2005) examined the legal status of non-therapeutic circumcision in Canada.
* {{REFjournal
|last=Bouclin
|first=Suzanne
|author-link=
|title=An examination of legal and ethical issues surrounding male circumcision: the Canadian context
|journal=Int J Mens Health
|date=2005-09
|volume=4
|issue=3
|pages=205-22
|url=http://www.cirp.org/library/legal/Canada/bouclin2005/
|accessdate=2020-05-08
}}
[[Category:Legal comments]]
[[Category:Australia]]
[[Category:Canada]]
[[Category:Germany]]
[[Category:UK]]
[[Category:USA]]