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}}</ref> we are immediately confronted with a violation of [[medical ethics]] in the very title of the article. The title suggests that parents should act as a surrogate to grant [[surrogate consent]] for non-therapeutic infant [[circumcision]], which has no medical indication as boys are not born with a diseased [[penis]]. The AAP's own Committee on Bioethics limits the use of surrogate consent to diagnosis and treatment of disease.<ref>{{REFjournal |last=AAP Committee on Bioethics |first= |init= |author-link= |etal=no |title=Informed Consent, Parental Permission, and Assent in Pediatric Practice |trans-title= |language= |journal=Pediatrics |location= |date=1995-02 |volume=95 |issue=2 |pages=314-7 |url=https://www.cirp.org/library/ethics/AAP/ |pubmedID=7478854 |pubmedCID= |DOI= |doi= |accessdate=2025-07-12}}</ref> This is immediately seen as unethical a shocking disregard for well established pediatric medical ethics. since it is a violation of any infant boy's right to <i>autonomy</i>.