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The decision to perform non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] belongs to the patient, not the parents.

The decision to perform non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] belongs to the patient, not the parents.<ref name="myers2020">{{REFjournal

|last=Myers

|first=

|init=A

|author-link=Alex Myers

|last2=Earp

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|author2-link=Brian D. Earp

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|title=What is the best age to circumcise? A medical and ethical analysis

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|journal= Bioethics

|location=

|date=2020

|volume=34

|issue=7

|pages=645-63

|url=https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Brian-Earp-2/publication/337720859_What_Is_the_Best_Age_to_Circumcise_A_Medical_and_Ethical_Analysis/links/5f815f61a6fdccfd7b555395/What-Is-the-Best-Age-to-Circumcise-A-Medical-and-Ethical-Analysis.pdf

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|quote=Based on a careful consideration of the relevant evidence, arguments and counterarguments, we conclude that medically unnecessary penile circumcision-like other medically unnecessary genital procedures, such as 'cosmetic' labiaplasty-should not be performed on individuals who are too young (or otherwise unable) to provide meaningful consent to the procedure.

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|doi=10.1111/bioe.12714

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|accessdate=2025-09-23

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The Healthy Children Website fails to tell parents that [[circumcision]] is a medically unnecessary, non-therapeutic surgical operation/[[amputation]] that may be deferred until the boy can decide for himself if he wants to sacrifice his [[foreskin]].

The Healthy Children Website fails to tell parents that [[circumcision]] is a medically-unnecessary, non-therapeutic surgical operation/[[amputation]] that may be deferred until the boy can decide for himself whether he wants to sacrifice his [[foreskin]].

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-The decision to perform non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] belongs to the patient, not the parents.
+The decision to perform non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] belongs to the patient, not the parents.<ref name="myers2020">{{REFjournal
+ |last=Myers
+ |first=
+ |init=A
+ |author-link=Alex Myers
+ |last2=Earp
+ |first2=
+ |init2=BD
+ |author2-link=Brian D. Earp
+ |etal=no
+ |title=What is the best age to circumcise? A medical and ethical analysis
+ |trans-title=
+ |language=
+ |journal= Bioethics
+ |location=
+ |date=2020
+ |volume=34
+ |issue=7
+ |pages=645-63
+ |url=https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Brian-Earp-2/publication/337720859_What_Is_the_Best_Age_to_Circumcise_A_Medical_and_Ethical_Analysis/links/5f815f61a6fdccfd7b555395/What-Is-the-Best-Age-to-Circumcise-A-Medical-and-Ethical-Analysis.pdf
+ |archived=
+ |quote=Based on a careful consideration of the relevant evidence, arguments and counterarguments, we conclude that medically unnecessary penile circumcision-like other medically unnecessary genital procedures, such as 'cosmetic' labiaplasty-should not be performed on individuals who are too young (or otherwise unable) to provide meaningful consent to the procedure.
+ |pubmedID=32068898
+ |pubmedCID=
+ |DOI=
+ |doi=10.1111/bioe.12714
+ |format=PDF
+ |accessdate=2025-09-23
+}}</ref>
-The Healthy Children Website fails to tell parents that [[circumcision]] is a medically unnecessary, non-therapeutic surgical operation/[[amputation]] that may be deferred until the boy can decide for himself if he wants to sacrifice his [[foreskin]].
+The Healthy Children Website fails to tell parents that [[circumcision]] is a medically-unnecessary, non-therapeutic surgical operation/[[amputation]] that may be deferred until the boy can decide for himself whether he wants to sacrifice his [[foreskin]].
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