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Boyle et al. (2000) argued strongly that non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] of boys is unlawful and constitutes "criminal assault". | Boyle et al. (2000) argued strongly that non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] of boys is unlawful and constitutes "criminal assault". | ||
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Unless a medical procedure is necessary to preserve life or health, it should be postponed until the child is sufficiently mature to make a decision for himself or herself. If the child is incapable, because of intellectual disability, of making an informed decision, then under Marion's Case (involuntary hysterectomy of an intellectually handicapped 14-year-old girl), the consent of the Family Court or court exercising parens patriae jurisdiction, and in some cases a State or Territory statutory guardianship body, is necessary.61 Wherever proposed treatment is not unequivocally beneficial to the child, parental assent is insufficient.<ref>{{REFjournal | |||
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|author-link=Gregory J. Boyle | |||
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|author2-link=J. Steven Svoboda | |||
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|author3-link=Christopher P. Price | |||
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|title=Circumcision of Healthy Boys: Criminal Assault? | |||
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|journal=Journal of Law and Medicine (Melbourne) | |||
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|date=2000-02 | |||
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|pages=301-10 | |||
|url=https://www.cirp.org/library/legal/boyle1/ | |||
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Hill (2002) raised the question of who can grant effective consent for such an injurious operation. | Hill (2002) raised the question of who can grant effective consent for such an injurious operation. | ||
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|issue=8 | |issue=8 | ||
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|url=https://www.researchgate.net/profile/George-Hill-3/publication/371599857_Can_Anyone_Authorize_the_Nontherapeutic_Permanent_Alteration_of_a_Child's_Body/links/648b8819c41fb852dd0949be/Can-Anyone-Authorize-the-Nontherapeutic-Permanent-Alteration-of-a-Childs-Body.pd | |url=https://www.researchgate.net/profile/George-Hill-3/publication/371599857_Can_Anyone_Authorize_the_Nontherapeutic_Permanent_Alteration_of_a_Child's_Body/links/648b8819c41fb852dd0949be/Can-Anyone-Authorize-the-Nontherapeutic-Permanent-Alteration-of-a-Childs-Body.pd | ||