Editing Circumcision and law (section)

=== Iceland ===
In May 2005, [[Iceland]] amended its [[General Penal Code (Iceland)|General Penal Code]] to criminalise female genital mutilation<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lög um breytingar á almennum hegningarlögum, nr. 19/1940, með síðari breytingum (bann við limlestingu á kynfærum kvenna). |url=https://www.althingi.is/altext/stjt/2005.083.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190430225455/https://www.althingi.is/altext/stjt/2005.083.html |archive-date=30 April 2019 |access-date=2019-05-03 |website=Alþingi |language=is}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=General Penal Code, Nr. 19/1940 |url=https://www.government.is/publications/legislation/lex/?newsid=7e2af9c7-f488-11e7-9423-005056bc530c |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422011330/https://www.government.is/publications/legislation/lex/?newsid=7e2af9c7-f488-11e7-9423-005056bc530c |archive-date=22 April 2021 |access-date=2019-05-03 |website=government.is |language=en-US}}</ref>

{{Blockquote|text=Any person who, in an assault, causes physical injury or damage to the health of a girl child or woman by removing her sexual organs, partly or in their entirety, shall be imprisoned for up to 6 years. If the assault results in serious physical injury or health damage, or in death, or if it is considered particularly reprehensible due to the method used, punishment for the offence shall take the form of up to 16 years' imprisonment|sign=|source=General Penal Code, Article 218 a}}

In February 2018, the [[Progressive Party (Iceland)|Progressive Party]] proposed a bill that would change the words "girl child" to "child" and "her sexual organs" to "[their] sexual organs",<ref>{{Cite web |title=183/148 frumvarp: almenn hegningarlög |url=https://www.althingi.is/altext/148/s/0183.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190503130716/https://www.althingi.is/altext/148/s/0183.html |archive-date=3 May 2019 |access-date=2019-05-03 |website=Alþingi |language=is}}</ref> thereby making Iceland the first European country to ban male circumcision for non-medical reasons.<ref name="Sherwood"/><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/his-body-his-choice-icelandic-mp-responds-to-circumcision-ban-backlash/c5yx8y3qn |title='His body, his choice': Icelandic MP responds to circumcision ban backlash |author=Rashida Yosufzai, Andrea Nierhoff |work=SBS News |date=20 February 2018 |access-date=12 October 2022 |quote=I found the statement from the Nordic ombudsman of children from 2013 where they encourage all the Nordic states to ban circumcision on boys as it goes against the UN convention on the rights of the child. So I put the bill forward to protect children first and foremost because I think the rights of the child should be taken further than the rights of an adult to believe whatever an adult wants to believe in.}}</ref><ref name="JACAlþing">{{Cite web |last=Jews Against Circumcision |date=25 March 2018 |title=Comment on a bill amending the Criminal Code (prohibition on circumcision of boys), 148th Legislative Assembly |url=https://www.althingi.is/altext/erindi/148/148-1018.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101124546/https://www.althingi.is/altext/erindi/148/148-1018.pdf |archive-date=1 November 2020 |access-date=15 October 2019 |publisher=Alþing |language=en}}</ref> The bill was ultimately put on hold later that year following pressure from the United States, Israel, and various lobbyist groups.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Danish parliament rejects ban on boys' circumcision |language=nl-NL |work=RD.nl |url=https://www.rd.nl/artikel/927843-danish-parliament-rejects-ban-on-boys-circumcision}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Leading US House members urge Iceland to back down on circumcision ban |work=www.timesofisrael.com |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/leading-us-house-members-urge-iceland-to-back-down-on-circumcision-ban/}}</ref>{{Citation needed|date=November 2023}}

;In favour of the proposed ban (March 2018)
* [[Progressive Party (Iceland)|Progressive Party]]<ref name="JACAlþing" />
* [[People's Party (Iceland, 2016)|People's Party]]<ref name="JACAlþing" />
* [[Left-Green Movement]]<ref name="JACAlþing" />
* [[Pirate Party (Iceland)|Pirate Party]]<ref name="JACAlþing" />
* [[Jews Against Circumcision]]<ref name="JACAlþing" />

;Against the proposed ban (March 2018)
* [[European Jewish Congress]]<ref name="Sherwood" />
* [[Islamic Cultural Centre of Iceland]]<ref name="Sherwood" />
* [[Catholic Church]]<ref name="Sherwood" />
* [[Anti-Defamation League]]<ref name="JACAlþing" />