View source for Pain Petition to the American Academy of Pediatrics

[[Intact America]] has introduced a petition to the [[American Academy of Pediatrics]] (AAP) which calls for the AAP to stop the [[Pain| pain of circumcision]] by telling its many members to stop performing the outmoded but still common medically-unnecessary, non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] of newborn boys.<ref>{{REFweb
 |url=https://intactamerica.org/petition-to-american-academy-of-pediatrics-please-sign-to-end-the-pain/
 |title=Petition to American Academy of Pediatrics: Please Sign to END THE PAIN!
 |last=Chapin
 |first=Georganne
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 |author-link=Georganne Chapin
 |publisher=Intact America
 |date=2016-02-21
 |accessdate=2024-11-16
}}</ref>

The petition is located on the change.org website.<ref>{{REFweb
 |url=https://www.change.org/p/aap-please-protect-our-boys
 |title=AAP, Please Protect Our Boys!
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 |publisher=Change.org
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 |accessdate=2024-11-16
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==Background==
The AAP published its last circumcision policy statement on 1 September 2012. It was designed to promote the [[circumcision industry]] from which many pediatricians, obstetricians, and family doctors derive substantial income. The statement was egregiously inaccurate and biased, so it received huge amounts of criticism. It was a total embarrassment to a professional organization so it was allowed to expire without being affirmed after 5 years (31 August 2017). In spite of its expired status and admittedly misleading information, the AAP continues to maintain the statement on its website, apparently to promote the business of circumcision for its members' increased [[Financial incentive| profit]].<ref>{{REFweb
 |url=https://watermark.silverchair.com/peds_2012-1989.pdf?token=AQECAHi208BE49Ooan9kkhW_Ercy7Dm3ZL_9Cf3qfKAc485ysgAAAyowggMmBgkqhkiG9w0BBwagggMXMIIDEwIBADCCAwwGCSqGSIb3DQEHATAeBglghkgBZQMEAS4wEQQM5ZqykwisrwRDxcdmAgEQgIIC3TiLAbfmX-rhH801T1Wcjlepwd5iVkfvFhjMAGrGkQIsCgBpkZj43pLulK6DkK_GSGtJBEdskUAIjgZWnefWDvRHpXi0h94UUhZ9Xv7X5DNB_BYokFgCOvJUWgTaxpQyfVNDK1veF0gTt_Q_NVshKiLxEAdhw0n9bZ0V4n498fP9rfCjhgeq9rOsyeTBs_c5qcPz8vY118Po3m6Jyn79aDhbKvilDgZWUDM8uE3aFVxadB6fc06exyDQ2rtq_AeUQC-fgs-UejsOpzNrmZkAIQE32c38OvrZbncIIE107MgP8aNKEPIz-AjJABlfecLzn7PXip8ezjCy_skRx49H_DAVmRFoz5IJsRH9BH3y6pGo_z6XEvZOlWDGs7JnJzQnFcqbb7lFldAavZv7N-YdApYgl0IHvIVhS4lFQG-yw5dWORtY29yk7d8_X3h76TlEyFaVGGT8GJ3STSH0V3Fp74kCbHocF9WuNUfZXpk5zoyg_mYzH8iWhcVaqeS-6NowOsx5dE5e0rBNmxgpcD46yldNzkxCc56MLu4hFG-kxog_j1qrdJpaMGkMWCZKlo6mW2yYcz62jr8cNQQJP2QT-XpjeInOzxPisBHGdAKkcw9lswfgdq1zzVmmZVp4v3IWlxNiz-iGAw2nn-mdcyksYIzJSbGyCOl3Bu7-fbESI69wGKiuhi1bTmACZBqB8ut3ARDOEkEP-kDdRJbioquPnODKRcOt_j-a46Q7vIOByWGReyXVRTQxjR8pwiI5D1L-3xiqkwvTVs7-lZ7p3YSKbXD4fYorwDQ_aQ35RhAiYHhhpat2AFxQmKYuPznFPwzk6zkhu4sNgsNfU8GlTBKIOyYPvyeIzLEohXoI_kcSMa42aJzLRTwQduJUDqtgkM54q4jd6_I1-ztLfuFZWd6PvqEfdNgGaad9UItcAKnedRvzBnngy6C2xP-P5Pu3y2Ri3Ohv1cOyCTVB54u5nQU
 |title=Circumcision Policy Statement
 |last=-Circumcision Task Force
 |first=
 |init=
 |author-link=
 |publisher=AAP
 |date=2012-09-01
 |format=PDF
 |accessdate=2024-11-16
}}</ref>

The AAP protects the income of its members by failing to apply general medical principles of [[human rights]], medical ethics, and pain control to circumcision.

{{SEEALSO}}
* [[Bias]]
* [[United States of America]]
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[[Category:Financial gain]]
[[Category:Male circumcision]]
[[Category:Physicians]]

[[Category:USA]]