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==Other views==
Povenmire (1988) argues argued that parents should not have the power to consent to neonatal non-therapeutic circumcision.<ref name="povenmire"/>
Richards (1996) argues argued that parents only have power to consent to therapeutic procedures.<ref name="richards"/>
[[Margaret A. Somerville|Somerville]] (2000) argues that the nature of the medical benefits cited as a justification for infant circumcision are such that the potential medical problems can be avoided or, if they occur, treated in far less invasive ways than circumcision. She states that the removal of healthy genital tissue from a minor should not be subject to parental discretion, or that physicians who perform the procedure are not acting in accordance with their ethical duties to the patient, regardless of parental consent.<ref name="Somerville2000">{{REFbook