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he Bioethics Committee of the AAP revisited informed consent in August 2016 with a statement <ref>{{REFjournal |last=Katz |first= |init=Al |author-link= |last2=Macauley |first2= |init2=RC |author2-link= |last3=Mercurio |first3= |init3=MR |author3-link= |last4=Moon |first4= |init4=MR |author4-link= |last5=Okun |first5= |init5=AL |author5-link= |last6=Opel |first6= |init6=DJ |author6-link= |last7=Statter |first7= |init7=MB |author7-link= |etal=no |title=Informed Consent in Decision-Making in Pediatric Practice |trans-title= |language= |journal=Pediatrics |location= |date=2016-08 |volume=138 |issue=2 |page=e20161484 |url=https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article/138/2/e20161484/52512/Informed-Consent-in-Decision-Making-in-Pediatric |archived= |quote= |pubmedID= |pubmedCID= |DOI=10.1542/peds.2016-1484 |accessdate=2025-04-30}}</ref> and a companion technical report.
==Consent for circumcision of minors==
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