Letter: In Brief

Sir: The BMA warns that any surgeon amputating a woman's normal breasts for non-therapeutic reasons could be in breach of his ethical duty - even with the woman's consent ("Cancer fear drives woman to have breasts removed", 23 February).

But the BMA does not oppose (and refuses to comment on the ethics of) the non-therapeutic amputation of a boy's normal foreskin - even without the child's consent.

ROGER SPENCE

Dorchester, Oxford