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The [https://www.sum.dk/English.aspx Danish Health Ministry] (2016) announced that, beginning in 2017, all circumcisions, regardless of where they take place, will need to be reported to Denmark’s national patient registry (''Landspatientregistret'').<ref name="danishdoctors2016" />
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According to a poll taken in 2016, eighty-seven percent of Danes favor a ban on non-therapeutic circumcision of children.<ref>{{REFnews
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Aktor (2016) reported that Jewish parents who want a son to have a [[Jewish circumcision| ritual circumcision]] may go the the chief rabbi, who will act as a ''[[mohel]]'' and perform the circumcision under the supervision of a medical doctor, while Muslim parents may choose to have the operation performed at a private clinic.<ref name="aktor2016" />
The [https://www.sum.dk/English.aspx Danish Health Ministry] (2016) announced that, beginning in 2017, all circumcisions, regardless of where they take place, will need to be reported to Denmark’s national patient registry (''Landspatientregistret'').<ref name="danishdoctors2016" />
[[Intact Denmark]] circulated a citizens petition, which received the necessary 50,000 signatures to require consideration of a ban on child, was presented to the Folketing in September 2018.<ref>{{REFnews