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}}</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
}}</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]].<ref name="hill2002">{{REFjournal
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}}</ref> 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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