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}}</ref> Boys are unable to grant consent due their immaturity and parental surrogates are limited to the granting of consent only for diagnosis and treatment of disease. There is no person who is empowered to grant consent for non-therapeutic [[amputation]] of the [[foreskin]]. Myers & Earp (2020) concluded that the best age to circumcise was after the patient reached the age at which he could grant consent for his own circumcision.<ref name="myers2020">{{REFjournal | }}</ref> Boys are unable to grant consent due their immaturity and parental surrogates are limited to the granting of [[surrogate consent]] only for diagnosis and treatment of disease. There is no person who is empowered to grant consent for non-therapeutic [[amputation]] of the [[foreskin]]. Myers & Earp (2020) concluded that the best age to circumcise was after the patient reached the age at which he could grant consent for his own circumcision.<ref name="myers2020">{{REFjournal | ||
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