This aligns with recommendations from @AmerAcadPeds and @CDCgov: #Circumcision is up to the parents. (And the health benefits outweigh the risks.)https://twitter.com/AndrewYang/status/1108146755311407105 …
AAP Bioethics Committee: "Only patients who have ... decisional capacity and legal empowerment can give their informed consent to medical care. In all other situations, parents ... provide informed permission for diagnosis and treatment of children." #i2 https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/pediatrics/95/2/314.full.pdf …
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So a parental decision (or "permission") to amputate part of their child's body made b/c it has "cultural significance," or for any reason other than bona fide "diagnosis" or "treatment," is bioethically invalid.
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