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==Male circumcision==
A Dutch Member of Parliament, Ayaan Hirst Ali, proposed that The Dutch Government should consider making the circumcision of boys an offence.<ref name="ali2004">{{REFnews
|title=Dutch MP wants ban on male circumcision
|url=http://www.cirp.org/news/radionetherlands10-04-04/
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|publisher=Radio Hilversum
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|date=2004-10-04
|accessdate=2021-09-17
|quote=The MP, who is often in the news for her controversial views on integration, says circumcision can have long-term damaging effects.
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After [[Ayaan Hirsi Ali]] asked if male circumcision could be made illegal, Justice Minister Piet Hein Donner claimed that circumcision was not traumatic and he saw no reason to make it illegal.<ref name="donner2004">{{REFnews