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Doctors Opposing Circumcision commented that the ruling protected the boy's legal right to bodily integrity.<ref name="reuters2006" />=Afterword==
==Summation==The decision of the trial judge was not appealed to a higher court so the decision of the trial court stands.
The decision of Doctors Opposing Circumcision commented that the trial judge was not appealed ruling protected the boy's legal right to a higher court so the decision of the trial court standsbodily integrity.<ref name="reuters2006" />
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''Schmidt v. Niznik'' (2006) is believed to be the first American legal case to recognize the right of a male child to genital autonomy — the right to decide for one's self about surgical operations and reconfiguration of one's genital organs.