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Baby '''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' ({{LifeData|birth=2025-03-31|birthplace=New York, {{USSC|NY}}|birthcountry=[[USA]]|death=|deathplace=|deathcountry=}}) was born with congenital heart disease (CHD) at [https://www.nyp.org/morganstanley Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital] in Manhattan.<ref name="bisram2025">{{REFnews
|title=Circumcision at NYC hospital almost made baby bleed to death, parents say
|pubmedID=10049981
|accessdate=2025-04-29
}}</ref> It is not clear that Cole, who recently had heart surgery, was stable and healthy. It also is not clear that the legal required [[informed consent]] was received by the parents, Tim and Gabrielle Groth, who apparently granted [[surrogate consent ]] for a non-therapeutic surgical [[amputation]] and [[genital mutilation]] in violation of [[Medical_ethics#Medical_ethics_and_circumcision| standards of medical ethics]].<ref>{{REFweb
|url=https://intactamerica.org/ethical-debate-behind-circumcision/
|title=Are We Sacrificing Newborns for Tradition? The Ethical Debate Behind Circumcision