Non-medically indicated circumcision in boys in Germany can be performed explicitly by discretion of parental custody since 2013. In the first six months of life, circumcision may be performed by non-physicians if this person is designated to do so by a religious community [46].
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May 31, 2023 · Results: In the study period, 673,819 circumcisions were performed. From 2014, there was a significant decrease in the number of cases across ...
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Jul 13, 2012 · A court ruling in Germany effectively banning circumcision has united Jews and Muslims in anger - and they are backed by the country's main ...
May 7, 2017 · In December 2012, Germany's parliament, the Bundestag, passed a law declaring the legality of male circumcision on religious grounds so long as ...
Dec 12, 2012 · The ban - imposed on the grounds that circumcision amounted to "bodily harm" - triggered an emotional debate over the treatment of Jews and ...
Christian Germans (whether devout or nominal) are rarely circumcised. This is in stark contrast to the United States, where routine circumcision was adopted ...
Mar 7, 2021 · Conclusions: The increasing trend towards neonatal circumcision observed in the United States is absent in Germany. The majority of patients ...
Jun 26, 2012 · A German court rules that circumcising boys for religious reasons amounts to bodily harm, even if their parents consent.
... German debates over circumcision seem to have been forgotten. And yet in the century between 1840 and 1939, circumcision was often the subject of vigorous ...
Dec 12, 2012 · The new law, proposed by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, permits traditional Jewish circumcision, in which Jews trained in circumcision (mohels) ...