AAP Circumcision Task Force 2012

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All AAP policy statements expire after five years unless reaffirmed. This policy received overwhelming critical comment, so it was not reaffirmed. It expired on 31 August 2017, however the AAP did not officially announce the expiration until November 2022. Currently, the AAP does not have a circumcision policy and has not had one since 2017.


The decision to create a new Circumcision Policy Statement was taken in 2008, jointly with two other medical trade associations of doctors who perform and profit from circumcisions, the American Academy of Family Physicians and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. The obvious goal of the Task Force was preservation of third-party payment, which accounts for the presence of Steven Wegner, M.D.[a 1], J.D.[a 2], representing the AAP Committee on Child Health Financing.[1] [2]

It appears that not a single individual on the Task Force was possessed of a foreskin, a normal male body part, so had no personal knowledge of the foreskin, that is amputated by circumcision, and could not have an opinion informed by experience.

2012 Circumcision Policy Statement

The Circumcision Policy Statement had two major goals, which were to create excuses to carry out medically unnecessary, non-therapeutic circumcision of boys and to protect third-party payment for doing so. The statement was extremely slanted and biased in favor of non-therapeutic circumcision.

The 2012 Circumcision Policy Statement received unrelenting critical comment from many sources, because of its significant omissions of the function of the foreskin, human rights issues, defective medical ethics, inaccurate medical information, and many other reasons.[1][3][4][5][6]

Task Force on Circumcision 2012

The persons listed here are members of the American Academy of Pediatrics Task Force responsible for the 2012 Policy Statement on Circumcision, as listed at the end of the Policy Statement.[7]

  • Susan Blank, M.D.[a 1], M.P.H.[a 3], Chairperson
  • Michael Brady, M.D.[a 1], Representing the Committee on Pediatric AIDS
  • Ellen Buerk, M.D.[a 1], Representing the AAP Board of Directors
  • Waldemar Carlo, M.D.[a 1], Representing the AAP Committee on Fetus and Newborn
  • Douglas Diekema, M.D.[a 1], M.P.H.[a 3], Representing the AAP Committee on Bioethics
  • Andrew Freedman, M.D.[a 1], Representing the AAP Section on Urology
  • Lynne Maxwell, M.D.[a 1], Representing the AAP Section on Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
  • Steven Wegner, M.D.[a 1], J.D.[a 2], Representing the AAP Committee on Child Health Financing

Liaisons

Consultants

  • Susan K. Flinn, M.A.[a 4] – Medical Writer
  • Esther C. Janowsky, M.D.[a 1], Ph.D.[a 5]

Staff

  • Edward P. Zimmerman, MS

See also

External links

Abbreviations

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m REFweb Doctor of Medicine, Wikipedia. Retrieved 14 June 2021. In the United Kingdom, Ireland and some Commonwealth countries, the abbreviation MD is common.
  2. ↑ a b REFweb Juris Doctor, Wikipedia. Retrieved 13 October 2021. (Also known as Doctor of Law or Doctor of Jurisprudence.)
  3. ↑ a b REFweb Master of Public Health or Master of Philosophy in Public Health, Wikipedia. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  4. ↑ REFweb Master of Arts, Wikipedia. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  5. ↑ REFweb Doctor of Philosophy, Wikipedia. Retrieved 16 June 2021. (Also abbreviated as D.Phil.)

References

  1. ↑ a b REFweb Staff (April 2013). Commentary on American Academy of Pediatrics 2012 Circumcision Policy Statement Icons-mini-file pdf.svg, Doctors Opposing Circumcision (D.O.C.). Retrieved 15 February 2020.
  2. ↑ REFweb Jones, Ryan (7 February 2022). FOIA request sheds new light on AAP's motivations, Circumcision is a Fraud. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  3. ↑ REFjournal Frisch M, Aigrain Y, Barauskas V, et al. Cultural Bias in the AAP’s 2012 Technical Report and Policy Statement on Male Circumcision. Pediatrics. 1 April 2013; 131(4) PMID. DOI. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  4. ↑ REFjournal Svoboda JS, Van Howe RS. Out of step: fatal flaws in the latest AAP policy report on neonatal circumcision. J Med Eth (Published online first). 13 March 2013; 39(7): 434-41. PMID. DOI. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  5. ↑ REFdocument Commentary on American Academy of Pediatrics 2012 Circumcision Policy Statemeni PDF, Doctors Opposing Circumcision (D.O.C.). (1 April 2013). Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  6. ↑ REFjournal Darby R. Risks, Benefits, Complications and Harms: Neglected Factors in the Current Debate on Non-Therapeutic Circumcision. Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal. April 2015; 25(1): 1-34. PMID. DOI. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  7. ↑ REFweb Circumcision Policy Statement, United States of America, American Academy of Pediatrics. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
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