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	The '''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' is owned and operated by the [[American Academy of Pediatrics]] ([[AAP]]), a [[medical trade association]], and is used to promote the business and income of its claimed 67,000 pediatrician members. There is an inherent conflict-of-interest between the physician's desire for income and the child's need to avoid unnecessary treatment.<ref name="abraham2005">{{REFweb		The '''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' is owned and operated by the [[American Academy of Pediatrics]] ([[AAP]]), a [[medical trade association]], and is used to promote the business and income of its claimed 67,000 pediatrician members. There is an inherent conflict-of-interest between the physician's desire for income and the child's need to avoid unnecessary treatment.<ref name="abraham2005">{{REFweb
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-The '''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' is owned and operated by the [[American Academy of Pediatrics]] ([[AAP]]), a [[medical trade association]], and is used to promote the business and income of its claimed 67,000 pediatrician members. There is an inherent conflict-of-interest between the physician's desire for income and the child's need to avoid unnecessary treatment.
+The '''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' is owned and operated by the [[American Academy of Pediatrics]] ([[AAP]]), a [[medical trade association]], and is used to promote the business and income of its claimed 67,000 pediatrician members. There is an inherent conflict-of-interest between the physician's desire for income and the child's need to avoid unnecessary treatment.<ref name="abraham2005">{{REFweb
 The website is published in both English and Spanish versions.

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	The '''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' is owned and operated by the [[American Academy of Pediatrics]] ([[AAP]]), a [[medical trade association]], and is used to promote the business and income of its claimed 67,000 pediatrician members. The website is published in both English and Spanish versions.		The '''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' is owned and operated by the [[American Academy of Pediatrics]] ([[AAP]]), a [[medical trade association]], and is used to promote the business and income of its claimed 67,000 pediatrician members. There is an inherent conflict-of-interest between the physician's desire for income and the child's need to avoid unnecessary treatment.

			The website is published in both English and Spanish versions.

	==Circumcision information==		==Circumcision information==

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	The AAP does not inform parents on the limitation of surrogates to grant consent for non-therapeutic procedures.		The AAP does not inform parents on the limitation of surrogates to grant consent for non-therapeutic procedures.
	===Surrogate consent===		===Surrogate consent===
	Autonomy is a major factor in medical ethics~~. There~~ are ethical limitations on the surrogate.<ref name="bioethics1995">{{REFjournal		Autonomy is a major factor in medical ethics, so there are ethical limitations on the surrogate.<ref name="bioethics1995">{{REFjournal
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	}}</ref> Surrogates are expected to respect the autonomy of the patient to the maximum extent possible, consistent with providing needed medical treatment. There are no medical indications for [[circumcision of the newborn]], so circumcision is neither diagnosis nor treatment. When the patient is a minor, then [[surrogate consent]] is usually granted by a parent acting as surrogate, but granting consent for medically-unnecessary, non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] exceeds a surrogate's recognized authority.		}}</ref> Surrogates are expected to respect the autonomy of the patient to the maximum extent possible, consistent with providing needed medical treatment. There are no medical indications for [[circumcision of the newborn]], so circumcision is neither diagnosis nor treatment. When the patient is a minor, then [[surrogate consent]] is usually granted by a parent acting as surrogate, but granting consent for medically-unnecessary, non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] exceeds a surrogate's recognized authority.

	==Violation of patient rights==		==Violation of patient rights==
	"Circumcision" actually is an irreversible [[amputation]] of a functional body part. In the [[United States]], even babies have legal rights to bodily integrity.<ref>[https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=12998230422916570030&hl=en&as_sdt=8000003&scfhb=1 Union Pac. Ry. Co v Botsford] 141 U.S. 251 (1890).</ref> Circumcision may lawfully be performed only if someone has granted a valid consent for the amputation, however no one has the legal power to grant consent in the absence of a medical indication for a non-therapeutic circumcision of a minor.<ref name="hill2003">{{REFjournal		"Circumcision" actually is an irreversible [[amputation]] of a functional body part. In the [[United States]], even babies have legal rights to bodily integrity.<ref>[https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=12998230422916570030&hl=en&as_sdt=8000003&scfhb=1 Union Pac. Ry. Co v Botsford] 141 U.S. 251 (1890).</ref> Circumcision may lawfully be performed only if someone has granted a valid consent for the amputation, however no one has the legal power to grant consent in the absence of a medical indication for a non-therapeutic circumcision of a minor.<ref name="hill2003">{{REFjournal

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-The decision to perform non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] belongs to the patient, not the parents.
+The decision to perform non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] belongs to the patient, not the parents.<ref name="myers2020">{{REFjournal
-The Healthy Children Website fails to tell parents that [[circumcision]] is a medically unnecessary, non-therapeutic surgical operation/[[amputation]] that may be deferred until the boy can decide for himself if he wants to sacrifice his [[foreskin]].
+The Healthy Children Website fails to tell parents that [[circumcision]] is a medically-unnecessary, non-therapeutic surgical operation/[[amputation]] that may be deferred until the boy can decide for himself whether he wants to sacrifice his [[foreskin]].
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 The AAP does not inform parents on the limitation of surrogates to grant consent for non-therapeutic procedures.
 ===Surrogate consent===
-Autonomy is a major factor in medical ethics.
+Autonomy is a major factor in medical ethics. There are ethical limitations on the surrogate.<ref name="bioethics1995">{{REFjournal
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-When the patient is a minor, then [[surrogate consent]] is usually granted by a parent acting as surrogate. There are ethical limitations on the surrogate.
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-"Circumcision" actually is an irreversible [[amputation]] of a functional body part. In the [[United States]], even babies have legal rights to bodily integrity.<ref>[https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=12998230422916570030&hl=en&as_sdt=8000003&scfhb=1 Union Pac. Ry. Co v Botsford] 141 U.S. 251 (1890).</ref> Circumcision may lawfully be performed only if someone has granted a valid consent for the amputation, however no one has the legal power to grant consent in the absence of a medical indication for a non-therapeutic circumcision.<ref name="hill2003">{{REFjournal
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-The decision to perform non-therapeutic circumcision belongs to the patient, not the parents.
+The decision to perform non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] belongs to the patient, not the parents.
-The Healthy Children Website fails to tell parents that circumcision is a medically unnecessary, non-therapeutic surgical operation that may be deferred until the boy can decide for himself if he wants to sacrifice his [[foreskin]].
+The Healthy Children Website fails to tell parents that [[circumcision]] is a medically unnecessary, non-therapeutic surgical operation/[[amputation]] that may be deferred until the boy can decide for himself if he wants to sacrifice his [[foreskin]].
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			The AAP does not inform parents on the limitation of surrogates to grant consent for non-therapeutic procedures.
	===Surrogate consent===		===Surrogate consent===
	Autonomy is a major factor in medical ethics.		Autonomy is a major factor in medical ethics.

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	===Surrogate consent===		===Surrogate consent===
			Autonomy is a major factor in medical ethics.

	When the patient is a minor, then [[surrogate consent]] is usually granted by a parent acting as surrogate. There are ethical limitations on the surrogate.		When the patient is a minor, then [[surrogate consent]] is usually granted by a parent acting as surrogate. There are ethical limitations on the surrogate.

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 When the patient is a minor, then [[surrogate consent]] is usually granted by a parent acting as surrogate. There are ethical limitations on the surrogate.
-"Circumcision" actually is an irreversible [[amputation]] of a functional body part. In the [[United States]], even babies have legal rights to bodily integrity.<ref>[https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=12998230422916570030&hl=en&as_sdt=8000003&scfhb=1 Union Pac. Ry. Co v Botsford] 141 U.S. 251 (1890).</ref> Circumcision may lawfully be performed only if someone has granted a valid consent for the amputation.
+"Circumcision" actually is an irreversible [[amputation]] of a functional body part. In the [[United States]], even babies have legal rights to bodily integrity.<ref>[https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=12998230422916570030&hl=en&as_sdt=8000003&scfhb=1 Union Pac. Ry. Co v Botsford] 141 U.S. 251 (1890).</ref> Circumcision may lawfully be performed only if someone has granted a valid consent for the amputation, however no one has the legal power to grant consent in the absence of a medical indication for a non-therapeutic circumcision.<ref name="hill2003">{{REFjournal
 We now understand that surrogates are ethically limited to granting of consent to procedures for diagnosis and treatment of existing disease.<ref>{{REFjournal
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