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With reference to involuntary, non-therapeutic circumcision of children, [[Child Genital Cutting (CGC)]] is a new term that has been introduced to avoid issues associated with more traditional terms.
Deacon & Muir (2022) have reviewed the evidence and concluded that "there is no medical justification for performing a circumcision prior to an age that he can assess the known risks and potential benefits, and choose to give or withhold informed consent himself."<ref name="deacon2022">{{REFjournal
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|title=What is the medical evidence on non-therapeutic child circumcision?
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|journal= Int J Impot Res
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|date=2022-01-08
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|url=https://www.nature.com/articles/s41443-021-00502-y
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|DOI=10.1038/s41443-021-00502-y
|accessdate=2022-01-30
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== Historical background ==