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== The emerging consensus on surrogate consent for non-therapeutic newborn, infant, and child circumcision ==
The power of parents and other surrogates to grant consent is dependent upon the existence of a physical or medical condition in a minor child that requires diagnostic and/or treatment.<ref name="richards"/> <ref name="aap1995">{{REFjournal |last=Committee on Bioethics |etal=no |title=Informed consent, parental permission, and assent in pediatric practice |trans-title= |language= |journal=Pediatrics |location= |date=1995-02 |volume=95 |issue=2 |article= |page= |pages=314-7 |url=http://www.cirp.org/library/ethics/AAP/ |archived= |quote= |pubmedID=7838658 |pubmedCID= |DOI= |accessdate=2023-05-26}}</ref> The right to grant surrogate consent cannot exist in the absence of such a condition.
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