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Wikify "amputation".
[[Circumcision]] of a minor boy currently requires the consent of a parent in the [[United States]], while in the [[United Kingdom]], the consent of both parents is required.
The right of a parent to consent to a non-therapeutic, non-diagnostic surgical [[amputation ]] of functional tissue has been questioned.<ref name="bioethics">{{REFjournal
|last=Committee on Bioethics
|title=Informed consent, parental permission, and assent in pediatric practice