Obstetricians and the American circumcision scandal: Difference between revisions
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==Human rights and medical ethics issues== | ==Human rights and medical ethics issues== | ||
Baby boys have rights under both international [[human rights]] law and domestic law from the instant they are born alive. Medical ethics requires medical doctors to respect those rights. | Baby boys have rights under both international [[human rights]] law and domestic law from the instant they are born alive. Medical ethics requires medical doctors to respect those rights. | ||
The ACOG practice of having a parent provide surrogate consent for a medically-unnecessary genital mutilation violates the boy's right to ''autonomy''. | |||
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