Ethics of non-therapeutic child circumcision: Difference between revisions

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==Medical trade association views==
[[Medical trade associations]] are advocates for the business, professsional, and legal interests of medical doctors.


Some [[Medical trade association| medical trade associations]] formerly took the position that the parents should determine what is in the best interest of the newborn, infant, or child.<ref name="AAP1999">{{REFjournal
Some [[Medical trade association| medical trade associations]] formerly took the position that the parents should determine what is in the best interest of the newborn, infant, or child.<ref name="AAP1999">{{REFjournal
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Others say that circumcision is an infringement of the child's autonomy and should be delayed until he is capable of making the decision himself.<ref name="KNMG2010">[http://circumstitions.com/Docs/KNMG-policy.pdf Non-Therapeutic Circumcision of Male Minors]. Utrecht: Royal Dutch Medical Association, 2010.</ref> A circumcision operation may be performed at any age, so an [[intact]] male, who has reaches the legal age of  consent, may elect to have a [[circumcision]] whenever he wishes.
Others say that circumcision is an infringement of the child's autonomy and should be delayed until he is capable of making the decision himself.<ref name="KNMG2010">[http://circumstitions.com/Docs/KNMG-policy.pdf Non-Therapeutic Circumcision of Male Minors]. Utrecht: Royal Dutch Medical Association, 2010.</ref> A circumcision operation may be performed at any age, so an [[intact]] male, who has reaches the legal age of  consent, may elect to have a [[circumcision]] whenever he wishes.


==Medical trade association views==
 
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