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}}</ref> The BMA issued a revised statement in 2006 and now reports the controversy regarding the lawfulness of non-therapeutic child circumcision and recommends that doctors obtain the consent of ''both'' parents before performing non-therapeutic circumcision of a male minor. The revised statement now mentions that male circumcision is generally assumed to be lawful provided that it is performed competently, is believed to be in the child's best interests, and there is valid consent from both parent or the child if it is capable of expressing a view.<ref name="bma2006" />
====2019 revision of BMA guidance====
The British Medical Association, cognizant of the [[Re B and G (children) (No 2) EWFC 3]] (2015) and [[Re L and B (CHILDREN)]] (2016) family court decisions, issued a new guidance to its member physicians in 2019. The new guidance urges its member physicians to take an extremely cautious approach to parental requests for the performance of non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] on minor boys and to ascertain that the requested non-therapeutic circumcision is in the boy's best interests.<ref name="bma2019">{{REFdocument
|title=Non-therapeutic male circumcision (NTMC) of children – practical guidance for doctors
|url=https://www.bma.org.uk/media/1847/bma-non-therapeutic-male-circumcision-of-children-guidance-2019.pdf
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|publisher=British Medical Association
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|date=2019
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