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==Nordic view of non-therapeutic circumcision of boys.==
Denmark is a Nordic nation in Northern Europe. Like other Nordic nations, the people abhor child circumcision.
==Recent developments==
The Danish Association of General Medicine (2014) declared:
<blockquote>The Health Agency has sent 'Guidance on Circumcision of Boys' in consultation. The DSAM's [Board] of Directors has discussed the draft consultation and agree that circumcision may only be performed when there is a medical indication for it. If circumcision is performed without a medical indication, it is a case of mutilation.<ref>{REFweb
|url=https://www.arclaw.org/news/danish-doctors-call-circumcision-mutilation
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The Danish Medical Association (''Lægeforeningen'') (2016) has recommended that no boys under the age of 18 be circumcised in Denmark. Lise Møller, the chairwoman of the doctors’ association’s ethics board, said:
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To be circumcised should be an informed, personal choice. It is most consistent with the individual’s right to self-determination that parents not be allowed to make this decision but that it is left up to the individual when he has come of age.<ref name="danishdoctors2016">{{REFnews