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==Human rights and medical ethics issues==
==Human rights and medical ethics issues==
Baby boys have rights under both international [[human rights]] law and domestic law from the instant they are born alive. [[Medical ethics]] requires medical doctors to respect those rights.
Baby boys have rights under both international [[human rights]] law and domestic law<ref>[https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=12998230422916570030&q=Union+Pacific+Railway+Company+v.+Botsford,+141+U.S.+250+(1891)&hl=en&as_sdt=8000003 Union Pacific R. Co. v. Botsford], 141 US 250 - Supreme Court 1891.</ref> from the instant they are born alive. [[Medical ethics]] requires medical doctors to respect those rights.


* The ACOG practice of having a parent provide [[surrogate consent]] for a medically-unnecessary genital mutilation violates the boy's right to ''autonomy''.
* The ACOG practice of having a parent provide [[surrogate consent]] for a medically-unnecessary genital mutilation violates the boy's right to ''autonomy''.
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* The practice of non-therapeutic [[circumcision of the newborn]] is done solely to allow the obstetrician to collect a fee, so it is ''patient exploitation''.
* The practice of non-therapeutic [[circumcision of the newborn]] is done solely to allow the obstetrician to collect a fee, so it is ''patient exploitation''.
{{SEEALSO}}
{{SEEALSO}}
* [[American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists]]
* [[Ethics of non-therapeutic child circumcision]]
* [[Ethics of non-therapeutic child circumcision]]
* [[Protection of intact newborns in hospital]]
* [[Protection of intact newborns in hospital]]
* [[United States of America]]
* [[Wrongful circumcision]]
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* {{REFweb
* {{REFweb
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[[Category:USA]]
[[Category:USA]]