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	==2012 Circumcision Policy Statement==		==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 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 painful, traumatic, harmful, non-therapeutic circumcision.

	The 2012 Circumcision Policy Statement received unrelenting severe 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		The 2012 Circumcision Policy Statement and its accompanying Technical Report received unrelenting severe 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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	}}</ref>		}}</ref> It was quietly allowed to expire into ignominy in 2017.

	~~The 2012 AAP Circumcision Policy Statement and its accompanying Technical Report received unrelenting severe criticism from many sources, including a consortium of European medical doctors.~~ It was quietly allowed to expire into ignominy in 2017.

	== Task Force on Circumcision 2012 ==		== Task Force on Circumcision 2012 ==

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			The 2012 AAP Circumcision Policy Statement and its accompanying Technical Report received unrelenting severe criticism from many sources, including a consortium of European medical doctors. It was quietly allowed to expire into ignominy in 2017.

	== Task Force on Circumcision 2012 ==		== Task Force on Circumcision 2012 ==

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	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 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		The 2012 Circumcision Policy Statement received unrelenting severe 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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	[[Category:American Academy of Pediatrics]]		[[Category:American Academy of Pediatrics]]
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	[[Category:From CircLeaks]]		[[Category:From CircLeaks]]

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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>~~}}		{{AAP Policy expired}}

	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		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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	{{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>}}		{{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>}}

	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		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
	\|url=https://www.doctorsopposingcircumcision.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/commentary-on-american-academy-of-pediatrics-2012-circumcision-policy-statement.pdf		\|url=https://www.doctorsopposingcircumcision.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/commentary-on-american-academy-of-pediatrics-2012-circumcision-policy-statement.pdf

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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>}}
	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		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
	\|url=https://www.doctorsopposingcircumcision.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/commentary-on-american-academy-of-pediatrics-2012-circumcision-policy-statement.pdf		\|url=https://www.doctorsopposingcircumcision.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/commentary-on-american-academy-of-pediatrics-2012-circumcision-policy-statement.pdf
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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 ==		== Task Force on Circumcision 2012 ==

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	AAP ~~policies stand for~~ five years unless ~~renewed; this~~ policy expired in 2017 ~~and has ''~~not~~'' been renewed or reaffirmed~~. Currently, the AAP does ''not'' have a circumcision policy.		{{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 ==		== Task Force on Circumcision 2012 ==

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	==2012 Circumcision Policy Statement==		==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 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.<ref name="doc2013" /><ref name="frisch2013">{{REFjournal		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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