Routine Infant Circumcision: Difference between revisions

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Mainly in the United States, boys are still [[Circumcision|circumcised]] in many hospitals immediately after birth. Very often, this is done without informing or asking the parents previously at all.

The word ''routine'', when applied to non-therapeutic circumcision of boys is outmoded. Circumcision has not been 'routine' since court rulings started to require [[informed consent]] in 1972.<ref>[https://h2o.law.harvard.edu/cases/250 Canterbury v. Spence], 464 F.2d 772, 782 (D.C. Cir. 1972), cert. denied, 409 U.S. 1064 (1972)</ref>

Routine infant circumcision (i. e. non-therapeutic circumcision without consent) is an unlawful procedure for which damages may be recovered.<ref name="llewellnyn1995">{{REFjournal

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Routine infant circumcision no longer exists in the United States, except when a hospital or doctor makes an error for which they can be sued.

* J. Steven Svoboda, Robert S. Van Howe, James G. Dwyer, ''[https://scholarship.law.wm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1166&context=facpubs Informed Consent for Neonatal Circumcision: An Ethical and Legal Conundrum]''. 17 J Contemporary Health Law Policy 61 (2000).

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 Mainly in the United States, boys are still [[Circumcision|circumcised]] in many hospitals immediately after birth. Very often, this is done without informing or asking the parents previously at all.
+The word ''routine'', when applied to non-therapeutic circumcision of boys is outmoded. Circumcision has not been 'routine' since court rulings started to require [[informed consent]] in 1972.<ref>[https://h2o.law.harvard.edu/cases/250 Canterbury v. Spence], 464 F.2d 772, 782 (D.C. Cir. 1972), cert. denied, 409 U.S. 1064 (1972)</ref>
 Routine infant circumcision (i. e. non-therapeutic circumcision without consent) is an unlawful procedure for which damages may be recovered.<ref name="llewellnyn1995">{{REFjournal
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+Routine infant circumcision no longer exists in the United States, except when a hospital or doctor makes an error for which they can be sued.
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+* J. Steven Svoboda, Robert S. Van Howe, James G. Dwyer, ''[https://scholarship.law.wm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1166&context=facpubs Informed Consent for Neonatal Circumcision: An Ethical and Legal Conundrum]''. 17 J Contemporary Health Law Policy 61 (2000).
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