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The website of '''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' depicts an [[intact]] and [[circumcised]] penis for comparison purposes, where the [[intact ]] [[penis]] is drawn crooked and the [[circumcised ]] [[penis ]] is drawn straight and symmetrical.<ref>{{REFweb
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In 1987, Schoen was appointed head of the Task Force on Circumcision that created the [[American_Academy_of_Pediatrics#Third_policy_.281989.29| Task Force on Circumcision]] that created the third policy (1989)]] by the [[American Academy of Pediatrics]] after reading his joyful paean to [[circumcision]], ''Ode to the Circumcised Male'',<ref>{{REFjournal |last=schoenSchoen
|first=Edgar J.
|init=EG
|DOI=10.1001/archpedi.1987.04460020018014
|accessdate=2022-11-01
}}</ref> where he pushed for [[Routine Infant Circumcision| routine infant circumcision]], but the neonatologists on Schoen's committee wouldn't go for it. According to Schoen, not performing [[circumcision]] would be "taking us back to nineteenth-century medicine on the eve of the 21st century," and that [[circumcision ]] will prevent "dermatological problems".<ref name="CaseForCirc"/>
Schoen had been noted sending emails to and from the [[Circlist]] email list.<ref>Schoen, E. (2006, April 22). ''My recent circ pubs'' [Online Forum Comment]. Retrieved from http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/MCIRC/message/16 Archive: http://circleaks.org/images/1/1f/MCIRC_-_Msg_16.pdf</ref> Schoen is also listed as approving content for a [[Gilgal Society]] brochure.<ref>{{REFbook
|title=Sex and circumcision: What every woman needs to know
|url=http://www.circinfo.net/pdfs/GFW-EN%200712-1.pdf
|editor=[[Vernon G. Quaintance]]
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|location=London, England
|publisher=[[Gilgal Society]]
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The [[AAP]] replaced Schoen's [[Bias| biased]] policy with the [https://www.cirp.org/library/statements/aap1999/ fourth policy statement] in 1999. Since 1 September 2017, the AAP has had no official position on [[circumcision]].
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