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[quote=Anonymous] I work in a hospital. State your preference for no circumcision at your next prenatal appointment. State that you want it noted in your chart. Next, when you check into the hospital, tell your labor nurses about no circumcision. It will be noted again in your chart. Tell them to chart it for sure. They will.

There is no hospital or doctor who is going to perform elective surgery on a minor if one of the parents has already said NO and it is in the chart. They simply are not going to leave themselves open like that, liability-wise. So if you have said NO and it is charted, that is the final word.

In the case of the pp who had the MD arrive to do the circumcision, neither parent had previously stated their wishes. The MD made a big assumption by showing up, However the MD would not have gone ahead without consent. The H may have been able in this circumstance to give the consent alone, but if one parent has already said NO and it is charted, then the H would not be able to override that.

Say no early, and often , and ask them to put it in the chart.

(And try to get on the same page with your H about this! )[/quote]

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