However, Health Minister Maggie De Block rejected the commission's advice, arguing the RIZIV 'cannot know whether there is a medical motive or not' when parents request a circumcision, and when they are denied a professional procedure, chances are parents will have a non-expert perform it, leading to worse results for the children. The Health Minister's response was received with mixed reactions. The Canadian Paediatric Society doesn't recommend routine circumcision, finding that medical necessity has not been clearly established, and as such, that it should be deferred until the individual concerned is able to make his own choices:   According to the College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia:  The Danish Medical Association finds that circumcision ought to be an informed, personal choice, in line with individual's right to self-determination, and thus that parents have no right to make this decision for their children, leaving up to the individual when he's old enough to make it:   A January 2018 survey by polling company Megafon for the television network TV2 showed that 83% of Danish citizens favoured a ban on circumcising boys. A citizens' initiative, put forward by Intact Denmark, demanding a minimum age of 18 for circumcision to protect “children’s fundamental rights” reached 50,000 signatures on 1 June 2018, forcing the Danish Parliament to consider it. It is unsure whether the proposal will gain a majority. In September 2018, the Parliament's justice administration (Lovsekretariat) completed its review of the petition, finding it not to be in breach of the Danish Constitution, and therefore valid for parliamentary consideration. At the first parliamentary reading in November 23, 2018, spokesmen for DF, V, S and RV reported that their parties would vote against the proposal. EL and SF were supportive of a ban, but took issue with details of the proposal, particularly the legalization of circumcision of women of age (i.e., 18 years old). LA, KF and ALT did not make a collective decision, leaving their members to decide for themselves. National security was cited as an argument against. For example, Minister of Health Ellen Trane Nørby, listed "foreign-political implications as well as consequences of security, among other things in relation to the stationed soldiers of Denmark" as some of the cabinet's reasons for opposing the proposal. When asked whether he felt that national concerns outweighed child rights, Socialdemokraterne spokesman Flemming Møller Mortensen said  Venstre spokesman Jane Heitmann similarly reported concerns in her party that such a ban "could be abused to misrepresent Denmark and have consequences for the international reputation of Denmark and for Danes living abroad.