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The persons listed here are members 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_Pediatrics|American Academy of PediatricsFamily Physicians]] and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. The obvious goal of the Task Force responsible was preservation of [[third-party payment]], which accounts for the 2012 Policy Statement on Circumcisionpresence of Steven Wegner, MD, as listed at the end of the Policy Statement.<ref> AAP policies stand for five years unless renewed; this policy expired in 2017. CurrentlyJD, representing the AAP does not have a circumcision policyCommittee on Child Health Financing.
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 informed opinion. 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, and many other things. AAP policies stand for five years unless renewed; this policy expired in 2017. Currently, the AAP does not have a circumcision policy. 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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|url=http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2012/08/22/peds.2012-1989.abstract
* Jack T. Swanson, MD
* Donald Coustan, MD
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* [[American Academy of Pediatrics]]
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