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Parental surrogates are denied the right to make that choice for their children. Surrogate consent cannot be used to legalize the aggravated battery of foreskin amputation. | Parental surrogates are denied the right to make that choice for their children. Surrogate consent cannot be used to legalize the aggravated battery of foreskin amputation. | ||
==European precedents== | ==European precedents== | ||
* [[Re B and G (children) (No 2) EWFC 3]] | * [[Cologne circumcision court judgment]] (2012) | ||
* [[Re B and G (children) (No 2) EWFC 3]] (2015) | |||
{{SEEALSO}} | {{SEEALSO}} | ||
* [[William Stowell]] | * [[William Stowell]] | ||
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==Conclusion== | |||
Circumcision of male children is a mutilation of genital tissue that permanently destroys the [[foreskin]] (prepuce) of a male child. It also irreversibly destroys the [[Foreskin#Physiological_functions_of_the_foreskin| protective, immunological, sensory, and sexual functions]] of the foreskin, leaving the male patient at increased risk of disease.<ref name="fendereski2024">{{REFjournal | |||
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|title=Comparing Penile Problems in Circumcised vs. Uncircumcised Boys: Insights From a Large Commercial Claims Database With a Focus on Provider Type Performing Circumcision | |||
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|journal=J Pediatr Surg | |||
|date=2024-11 | |||
|volume=59 | |||
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|url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S002234682400407X | |||
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|DOI=10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2024.06.022 | |||
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}}</reF> It is mutilating and causes permanent disfigurement of the [[penis]]. Circumcision of male children clearly meets all tests for aggravated battery. It cannot be legalized or excused by patient consent because no one has the legal capacity to grant consent for the aggravated battery of non-therapeutic child circumcision.<ref name="hill2003">{{REFjournal | |||
|last=Hill | |||
|first=George | |||
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|author-link=George Hill | |||
|title=Can anyone authorize the nontherapeutic permanent alteration of a child's body? | |||
|journal=The American Journal of Bioethics | |||
|date=2003 | |||
|season=Spring | |||
|volume=3 | |||
|issue=2 | |||
|pages=16-8 | |||
|url=https://www.researchgate.net/profile/George-Hill-3/publication/371599857_Can_Anyone_Authorize_the_Nontherapeutic_Permanent_Alteration_of_a_Child's_Body/links/648b8819c41fb852dd0949be/Can-Anyone-Authorize-the-Nontherapeutic-Permanent-Alteration-of-a-Childs-Body.pdf | |||
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|DOI=10.1162/152651603766436342 | |||
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