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'''Jennifer Garza''' is a physician at the Valley Pediatrics in McAllen, {{USSC|TX}}, USA. In 2011 she performed a [[circumcision]] on a 4-year-old child, leading to such severe [[complication| complications]] that the child pleaded to "just cut it off and (he) can be a girl". <ref>{{REFweb
|quote=A doctor botched a circumcision of a 4-year-old boy so badly that the boy pleaded to "just cut it off and (he) can be a girl," the parents claim in court.
|url=http://www.courthousenews.com/2012/11/09/52144.htm
|accessdate=2012-11-12
}}</ref>
==Termination of AAP circumcision policy==
THE 2012 Circumcision Policy Statement produced by the task force on which Andrew Freeman served has had severe and unrelenting criticism from many sources and for many reasons.
The AAP has a long-standing policy that its published policies and statements expire after five years unless re-affirmed. The AAP has ''not'' re-affirmed the statements below so they expired on 31 August 2017. The AAP now has ''no'' official position on non-therapeutic circumcision of boys.
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|title=Circumcision Policy Statement
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|date=2012-09-01
|volume=130
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|DOI=10.1542/peds.2012-1989
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|title=Male Circumcision
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|date=2012-09-01
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|DOI=10.1542/peds.2012-1990
|accessdate=2020-08-02
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== Valley Pediatric Surgical Specialist ==
Rafael and Vanessa Deleon sued Dr. Jennifer J. Garza, of McAllen, in Hidalgo County Court. They claim that after a 90 minutes surgery, Dr. Garza told them there was some [[bleeding]] but it had stopped, but then a nurse told Garza that the boy was still [[bleeding]], and he was taken to surgery a second time. Garza then told the parents that she stopped the [[bleeding]] using cauterization.
The child stayed overnight at the hospital. The parents noticed his [[penis ]] oozed blood every time he urinated.
The following day they were released, and over the next days the parents noticed that when the child urinated there were two streams. He also kept [[bleeding]].
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{{SEEALSO}}* [[United States of America]]
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