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[CIRP Note: This statement was produced pursuant to a 1997 request of the General Medical Council (GMC). The statement is limited to the medical aspects of non-therapeutic circumcision of male children. The ethics and legality of the procedure were not to be considered. Apparently, the GMC plans to address the the issues of the ethics and lawfulness of non-therapeutic circumcision of male children after receiving this medical statement.]

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The Royal College of Surgeons of England


Statement on Male Circumcision

06 March 2001

Statement from the British Association of Paediatric Surgeons, The Royal College of Nursing, The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, The Royal College of Surgeons of England and The Royal College of Anaesthetists.

* This statement refers to circumcision in male children only.
Female circumcision is prohibited by law: The Prohibition of Female Circumcision Act 1995

Circumcision for religious reasons is outside the remit of this statement.

Natural History of the Foreskin





Indications for circumcision





Criteria to be fulfilled in performing circumcision





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Members of the Circumcision Working Party:






© Copyright The Royal College of Surgeons 2001


Citation:

(File revised 10 October 2006)

http://www.cirp.org/library/statements/RCS2001/