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Circumcision ([[MGM]]) of male minors violates every one of these principles of medical ethics. | Circumcision ([[MGM]]) of male minors violates every one of these principles of medical ethics.<ref>{{REFweb | ||
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|title=Medical Ethics and the Non-therapeutic Circumcision of Male Children | |||
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Male circumcisions are usually performed by medical doctors for profit, so the more specific principles of <b>medical ethics</b> or <b>bioethics</b> are applicable to the practice of [[circumcision]]. | Male circumcisions are usually performed by medical doctors for profit, so the more specific principles of <b>medical ethics</b> or <b>bioethics</b> are applicable to the practice of [[circumcision]]. | ||
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}}</ref> This may mean that the AAP now recognizes the child as a person with legal rights of his/her own. | }}</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 | Boys are born with a healthy [[foreskin]] that is free of disease. 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, but they are not valid. There are no medical indications for a neonatal [[circumcision]]. | ||
The validity of surrogate consent for non-therapeutic circumcision of boys has been questioned for decades.<ref name="povenmire"/> <ref name="richards" /> <ref name="hill2003">{{REFjournal | The validity of surrogate consent for non-therapeutic circumcision of boys has been questioned for decades.<ref name="povenmire"/> <ref name="richards" /> <ref name="hill2003">{{REFjournal | ||
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