Male genital mutilation in Finland
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- On October 17, 2008 the Supreme Court of Finland decided that a doctor mutilating their four and a half year old son was not punishable.
- On March 31, 2016 the Supreme Court of Finland made two more decisions saying that mutilating boys is OK.
- While forbidding female genital mutilation gained support of the Finnish parliament, a suggestion to also ban MGM was made in the beginning of October 2020 by the Finns Party ("Perussuomalaiset"), but other parties objected to it. The Finns Party is frequently referred to as "far-right" by people who hate it.
- When the Finnish Parliament finally voted on the matter as suggested by member of parliament Sebastian Tynkkynen (from the Finns Party), all Finns Party members present except for two (Mika Niikko and Tom Packalén) opposed MGM. Five members of parliament from the National Coalition Party ("Kokoomus") also opposed MGM. From other parties, all members of parliament who were present in the vote except for two supported the mutilation of little boys' penises. The two that didn't support MGM were Sanna Marin (Finland's Prime Minister) and Erkki Tuomioja, both from the Social Democrat party. They didn't oppose it either as they voted "empty", as did five National Coalition Party members as well.
- The entire discussion preceding the vote can be listened to on Sebastian Tynkkynen's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJnSHh9IjkQ (in Finnish, as all other references).
- A citizen's initiative aiming to ban MGM is waiting to be supported by citizens. If it fails to get at least 50,000 statements of support (from people who are eligible to vote in Finland) before April 21, 2021, the initiative will not be heard by the Finnish Parliament.