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== Observations Patient exploitation ==

|format=PDF |quote=As the saying goes, follow the money. }}  Now you know why neither the [[American Academy of Pediatrics]], American Medical Association, [[American Academy of Family Physicians]], or the [[American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists| American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists]] haven’t condemned this unnecessary surgery, and why their physician members are quick to recommend the procedure to expectant parents.}}</ref>  [[Third-party payment]] is a major support to the performance of this injurious medically-unnecessary surgery. If parents could not grant consent for non-therapeutic circumcision, then no one could grant consent for the non-therapeutic circumcision of a child, so the $3.6 billion annual business would collapse. The American [[Medical trade association| medical trade associations]], more than those of other nations, have been unwilling to recognize the child's right [[human rights]] to [[physical integrity]], to security of the person, and the right to personal autonomy. The performance of harmful, medically not indicated circumcision upon a child simply to collect a surgical fee must be regarded as <b>patient exploitation</b>.