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}}</ref> After several generations of promotion of and near universal neonatal circumcision in the United States, most Americans are profoundly ignorant of a normal body part and its valuable functions.
}}</ref> After several generations of promotion of and near universal neonatal circumcision in the United States, most Americans are profoundly ignorant of a normal body part and its valuable functions.
=== Surrogate consent ===
=== Surrogate consent ===
Parents act as surrogates for their minor children who are too young to personally grant consent.<ref name="alissa2025-03-25A"/> Surrogate consent ethically is limited to the granting of consent for diagnosis and treatment of disease.<ref name="aap1995">{{REFjournal
Parents act as surrogates for their minor children who are too young to personally grant consent.<ref name="alissa2025-03-25A"/> [[Surrogate consent]] ethically is limited to the granting of consent for diagnosis and treatment of disease.<ref name="aap1995">{{REFjournal
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}}</ref> Doctors commonly fail to provide information on the nature and functions of the [[foreskin]] which are lost when a person is [[circumcised]]. Doctors must be fully informed regarding the nature of the [[foreskin]] and [[circumcision]].<ref name="alissa2025-03-25>{{REFweb
|url=https://intactamerica.org/what-doctors-should-know-about-circumcision/
|title=What Every Doctor Should Know About Circumcision: A Call for Better Medical Practices
|last=Alissa
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|author-link=Kristel Alissa
|publisher=Intact America
|date=2025-03-25
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}}</ref> This suggests that doctors are very well aware that [[circumcision]] is a harmful, [[Pain| painful]], [[Trauma| traumatic]] non-therapeutic surgery (in short, a ritual); but they do not appear to share this knowledge with parents. Doctors usually omit information on the nature of the [[foreskin]] and its functions.<ref name="alissa2025-03-25A"/>
}}</ref> This suggests that doctors are very well aware that [[circumcision]] is a harmful, [[Pain| painful]], [[Trauma| traumatic]] non-therapeutic surgery (in short, a ritual); but they do not appear to share this knowledge with parents. Doctors usually omit information on the nature of the [[foreskin]] and its functions.<ref name="alissa2025-03-25A"/>


A busy physician can supplement their income by as much as $60,000 per year from circumcision surgeries alone.<ref>{{REFbook
A busy physician can supplement their income by as much as $60,000 per year from circumcision surgeries alone.<ref>{{REFbook
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==Video==
==Video==
===Circumcision — Your Legal Rights===
<youtube>v=8GT03orcHWM</youtube>
[[Intaction]] (2022) has provided an introductory video.
[[Intaction]] (2022) has provided an introductory video.
<youtube>v=DcfyCpRUlFY</youtube>
<youtube>v=DcfyCpRUlFY</youtube>
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[[15 Square]] has provided a video.
===[[15 Square]] has provided a video.===
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<youtube>v=xjqxeTg7JUc</youtube>
===Infant circumcision operation===
===Infant circumcision operation===
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{{SEEALSO}}
{{SEEALSO}}
* [[Ethics of non-therapeutic child circumcision]]
* [[Human rights]]
* [[Human rights]]
* [[Litigation over circumcision]]
* [[Litigation over circumcision]]
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  |title=Physicians for Informed Consent
  |title=Physicians for Informed Consent
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* {{REFweb
|url=https://intactamerica.org/dyk-parental-consent/
|title=“Do You Know?” About the Limits of Parental Consent
|last=Chapin
|first=Georganne
|init=
|author-link=Georganne Chapin
|publisher=Intact America
|date=2023-02-01
|accessdate=2025-11-21
}}
}}
* {{REFweb
* {{REFweb