2010-05-27 Reuters - Dutch doctors' group calls for circumcision ban

[Joseph]

"With liberty and justice for girls only..."

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Full KNMG policy published here: http://knmg.artsennet.nl/Diensten/kn...inors-2010.htm
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http://in.reuters.com/article/lifest...64Q52H20100527

Dutch doctors' group calls for circumcision ban
Thu May 27, 2010 11:07pm IST

AMSTERDAM (Reuters Life!) - The Royal Dutch Medical Association on Thursday suggested a possible ban on elective circumcisions for young boys, saying they were medically unnecessary and violated children's rights.
The 161-year-old organization, which represents more than 46,000 doctors and students, called the procedure "a violation of the integrity of the body."

The group, known by its Dutch initials KNMG, proposed a dialogue between doctors and religious groups on the issue.

Most non-therapeutic circumcisions in the Netherlands are performed on religious grounds. In the capital of Amsterdam, parents seeking circumcisions for elective reasons are often referred to a small clinic in a heavily Muslim neighborhood.

"KNMG sees good reasons for a legal ban on non-therapeutic circumcisions, but fears that this will lead to the operation going underground," it said in a statement.

In a column on the KNMG's website, chairman Arie Nieuwenhuijzen Kruseman said some 80 percent of the group's members agreed circumcision should be discouraged.

According to a 2007 World Health Organization report, some 30 percent of men worldwide are circumcised.

(Reporting by Ben Berkowitz, editing by Paul Casciato)

© Thomson Reuters 2010 All rights reserved

[aftugger]

The press release prepared by the Royal Dutch Medical Association is available in English at:

http://knmg.artsennet.nl/web/file?uu...ontentid=78202

The general email address listed on their website is info@fed.knmg.nl, should anyone wish to contact them in response to this statement. The KNMG is likely to catch flak from religious organizations, so letters of support could be meaningful.

[Yunus]

It seems that this circumcision ban was legalized yet by Dutch government.