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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, {{MD}}, {{JD}}, representing the AAP Committee on Child Health Financing.<ref name="doc2013">{{REFweb
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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 [[Foreskin#Physiological_functions| function of the foreskin]], [[human rights]] issues, defective medical ethics, inaccurate medical information, and many other reasons.<ref name="doc2013" /><ref name="frisch2013">{{REFjournal
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{{Box|Boxtext=<big><b>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.</b></big>}}

== Task Force on Circumcision 2012 ==

The persons listed here are members of the [[American_Academy_of_Pediatrics|American Academy of Pediatrics]] Task Force responsible for the 2012 Policy Statement on Circumcision, as listed at the end of the Policy Statement.<ref>{{REFweb
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 |title=Circumcision Policy Statement
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 |publisher=American Academy of Pediatrics
 |website=United States of America
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 |accessdate=2012-08-27
}}</ref>

* [[Susan_Blank|Susan Blank]], {{MD}}, {{MPH}}, Chairperson
* [[Michael Brady]], {{MD}}, Representing the Committee on Pediatric [[AIDS]]
* Ellen Buerk, {{MD}}, Representing the AAP Board of Directors
* Waldemar Carlo, {{MD}}, Representing the AAP Committee on [[Fetus]] and Newborn
* [[Douglas_Diekema|Douglas Diekema]], {{MD}}, {{MPH}}, Representing the AAP Committee on Bioethics
* [[Andrew_Freedman|Andrew Freedman]], {{MD}}, Representing the AAP Section on Urology
* Lynne Maxwell, {{MD}}, Representing the AAP Section on Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
* Steven Wegner, {{MD}}, {{JD}}, Representing the AAP Committee on Child Health Financing

=== Liaisons ===
* Charles LeBaron, {{MD}} – [[Centers_for_Disease_Control|Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]]
* Lesley Atwood, {{MD}} – American Academy of Family Physicians
* Sabrina Craigo, {{MD}} – American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

=== Consultants ===
* Susan K. Flinn, {{MA}} – Medical Writer
* Esther C. Janowsky, {{MD}}, {{PhD}}

=== Staff ===
* Edward P. Zimmerman, MS

{{SEEALSO}}
* [[American Academy of Pediatrics]]
* [[AAP Circumcision Task Force 2019]]

{{LINKS}}
* {{REFweb
 |url=https://www.circinfo.org/AAP_in_retreat.html
 |title=AAP waves white flag as Vikings storm fortress circumcision
 |website=Circinfo.org
 |date=2016
 |accessdate=2020-01-03
}}

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