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}},</ref> however the AAP has now abandoned all previous position statements on male [[circumcision]]. | }},</ref> however the AAP has now abandoned all previous position statements on male [[circumcision]]. | ||
Others say that circumcision is an infringement of the child's autonomy and should be delayed until he is capable of making the decision himself.<ref name="KNMG2010">[http://circumstitions.com/Docs/KNMG-policy.pdf Non-Therapeutic Circumcision of Male Minors]. Utrecht: Royal Dutch Medical Association, 2010.</ref> A circumcision operation may be performed at any age, so an [[intact]] male, who has reached the legal age of consent, may elect to have a [[circumcision]] whenever he wishes.<ref></ref | Others say that circumcision is an infringement of the child's autonomy and should be delayed until he is capable of making the decision himself.<ref name="KNMG2010">[http://circumstitions.com/Docs/KNMG-policy.pdf Non-Therapeutic Circumcision of Male Minors]. Utrecht: Royal Dutch Medical Association, 2010.</ref> A circumcision operation may be performed at any age, so an [[intact]] male, who has reached the legal age of consent, may elect to have a [[circumcision]] whenever he wishes.<ref>{{REFjournal | ||
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|author-link=Alex Myers | |||
|last2=Earp | |||
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|author2-link=Brian D. Earp | |||
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|title=What is the best age to circumcise? A medical and ethical analysis | |||
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|journal= Bioethics | |||
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|date=2020 | |||
|volume=34 | |||
|issue=7 | |||
|pages=645-63 | |||
|url=https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Brian-Earp-2/publication/337720859_What_Is_the_Best_Age_to_Circumcise_A_Medical_and_Ethical_Analysis/links/5f815f61a6fdccfd7b555395/What-Is-the-Best-Age-to-Circumcise-A-Medical-and-Ethical-Analysis.pdf | |||
|quote=Based on a careful consideration of the relevant evidence, arguments and counterarguments, we conclude that medically unnecessary penile circumcision-like other medically unnecessary genital procedures, such as 'cosmetic' labiaplasty-should not be performed on individuals who are too young (or otherwise unable) to provide meaningful consent to the procedure. | |||
|pubmedID=32068898 | |||
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|doi=10.1111/bioe.12714 | |||
|format=PDF | |||
|accessdate=2025-06-27 | |||
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