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The authors declare that they have no financial conflicts of interest. MF has taken part in national and international debates on the ethics of genital procedures on minors. MF shares the viewpoint of the Danish Medical Association that medically unnecessary genital cutting without the consent of the affected individual is proscribed by medical ethics.

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Frisch, M., Simonsen, J. The Authors’ Reply. Eur J Epidemiol 37, 653–654 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-022-00876-3

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