Ethics of non-therapeutic child circumcision: Difference between revisions
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}}</ref> The right to grant surrogate consent cannot exist in the absence of such a condition. A parent’s authority is not absolute but constrained by respect for the child.<ref name="aviva2016">{{REFjournal | }}</ref> The right to grant surrogate consent cannot exist in the absence of such a condition. The AAP Committee on Bioethics (2016) now states: "A parent’s authority is not absolute but constrained by respect for the child."<ref name="aviva2016">{{REFjournal | ||
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}}</ref> | }}</ref> This may mean that the AAP now recognizes the child as a person with legal rights of his/her own. | ||
Boys are born with a healthy [[foreskin]] that is free of disease. There are no medical indications for a neonatal [[circumcision]]. The [[medical trade association| medical trade associations]] and other promoters have put forward various alleged benefits from neonatal circumcision for decades to develop business for their physican-members. | Boys are born with a healthy [[foreskin]] that is free of disease. There are no medical indications for a neonatal [[circumcision]]. The [[medical trade association| medical trade associations]] and other promoters have put forward various alleged benefits from neonatal circumcision for decades to develop business for their physican-members. | ||