Well, sure, you want to change the law. I can't see the point, myself. There's no harm. Parents are best placed to make those decisions on behalf of the infant children they love and care for.
I can just think consistently that parents have no right to order a medically unnecessary surgical procedure on a child who is too young to consent & in nearly every other case, the law upholds this. They have no right to withhold medically necessary surgery either.
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I don't think 'medically unnecessary' is as strict a definition as you think. Under the NHS lots of cosmetic surgery is considered medically necessary.
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Make an argument for it being ethical to perform cosmetic surgery on baby boys' genitals but not baby girls, if you can.
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I don't have to. One is legal, the other is not.
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Of course you don't have to make an ethical argument for MGM. If you don't have one, there's nothing further to discuss.
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This is the Scottish Government's position http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2008/02/14143159/3 …
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We have explained many times that we are not arguing that MGM is not a legal right but that it shouldn't be. You could show how homosexuality is illegal in some places but we'd still argue it should be. Coz this is a discussion of rights that should exist, not ones that do.
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I’m pretty sure that Metro Goldwyn Mayer is a legal entity
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