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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 | ||
|last=Committee on Bioethics | |last=Committee on Bioethics | ||
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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 | |||
|accessdate=2025-07-01 | |||
}}</ref> | }}</ref> | ||
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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 | A busy physician can supplement their income by as much as $60,000 per year from circumcision surgeries alone.<ref>{{REFbook | ||
|last=Fleiss | |last=Fleiss | ||
|first=Paul M. | |first=Paul M. | ||
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}}</ref> | }}</ref> | ||
==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> | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
[[15 Square]] has provided a video. | ===[[15 Square]] has provided a video.=== | ||
<youtube>v=xjqxeTg7JUc</youtube> | <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 | ||
|accessdate=2022-08-25 | |accessdate=2022-08-25 | ||
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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 | |||
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|author-link=Georganne Chapin | |||
|publisher=Intact America | |||
|date=2023-02-01 | |||
|accessdate=2025-11-21 | |||
}} | }} | ||
* {{REFweb | * {{REFweb | ||