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Danish politicians to consider banning circumcision of boys
The Danish parliament is to consider whether to become the first country to ban boys being circumcised after a petition forced lawmakers to debate the issue. A citizens’ petition that called for the introduction of a minimum age of 18 for circumcision to protect “children’s fundamental rights” reached 50,000 signatories on Friday, taking it beyond the threshold at which it must be discussed in Parliament.
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You mean, ritual sexual mutilation of boys. Let’s call things by their name.
By which you mean clinical circumcision performed by doctors in hospitals as well?
If you have to amputate a part of someone’s body to treat an illness, that’s different, obviously.