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Add information on unlawful nature.
Mainly in the United States, boys are still [[Circumcision|circumcised]] in many hospitals immediately after birth. Very often, this is done without informing or asking the parents previously at all.
Routine infant circumcision (i. e. non-therapeutic circumcision without consent) is an unlawful procedure for which damages may be recovered.<ref name="llewellnyn1995">{{REFjournal
|last=Llewellyn
|first=David
|author-link=
|title=Legal remedies for penile torts
|journal=The Compleat Mother
|date=1995
|volume=40
|issue=
|pages=16
|url=http://www.cirp.org/library/legal/USA/llewellyn/
|accessdate=2010-01-04
}}</ref>
{{REF}}
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