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If a boy is to be circumcised, then someone must grant effective consent. The boy may not do it for himself because of his minority status.Circumcision of boys is a medically-unnecessary, non-therapeutic, harmful excision of functional tissue that causes loss of various functions. Hill (2003) raised the question of who can grant effective consent for such an injurious operation.<ref>{{REFjournal |last=Hill |first= |init=G |author-link=George Hill |etal=no |title=Can anyone authorize the nontherapeutic permanent alteration of a child's body? |trans-title= |language= |journal=Am J Bioeth |location= |date=2003 |season=Spring |volume=3 |issue=2 |article= |page= |pages= |url=https://www.researchgate.net/profile/George-Hill-3/publication/371599857_Can_Anyone_Authorize_the_Nontherapeutic_Permanent_Alteration_of_a_Child's_Body/links/648b8819c41fb852dd0949be/Can-Anyone-Authorize-the-Nontherapeutic-Permanent-Alteration-of-a-Childs-Body.pdf |archived= |quote= |pubmedID=14635628 |pubmedCID= |DOI=10.1162/152651603766436342 |doi= |accessdate=2025-04-30}}</ref>