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Several state Medicaid stopped paying for non-therapeutic circumcision in the early in the 21st Century. It is believed that this caused alarm in the circumcision industry. Shortly after ''The Lancet'' published two reports on randomized controlled trials (RCTs) from sub-Saharan Africa, <ref name="bailey2007">{{REFjournal |last=Bailey |first=R.C. |last2=Moses |first2=S. |last3=Parker |first3=C.B. |etal=yes |title=Male circumcision for HIV prevention in young men in Kisumu, Kenya: A randomised controlled trial |journal=Lancet |date=2007 |volume=369 |issue=9562 |pages=643–656}}</ref><ref name="gray2007">{{REFjournal |last=Gray |first=R.H. |last2=Kigozi |first2=G. |last3=Serwadda |first3=D. |etal=yes |title=Male circumcision for HIV prevention in men in Rakai, Uganda: A randomised trial |journal=Lancet |date=2007 |volume=369 |issue=9562 |pages=657-666}}</ref> it was announced that the AAP would take the lead, in association with the ACOG and the AAFP, in developing a new circumcision policy for America.