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=== RACP issues new circumcision statement ===
The [[RACP]], a [[medical trade association]], issued a new 18-page prmotional promotional policy statement, entitled ''Circumcision of infant males'', in December 2022.<ref name="RACP2022">{{REFdocument
|url=https://www.racp.edu.au//docs/default-source/advocacy-library/racp-circumcision-of-infant-males-position-statement.pdf
|title=Circumcision of Infant Males
}}</ref>
The statement failed to mention the circumcision [[death]] in Perth, nor did it mention the advice of the Dr. Mark Duncan Smith, then President of the [https://www.ama.com.au/ Australian Medical Association ] that infant [[circumcision]] should be done only when a medical indication is present.<ref>{{REFnews
|url=https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10293843/Circumcision-warning-two-year-old-dies-brother-bleeds-Western-Australia.html
|title=Parents are warned against circumcising their children after a toddler, 2, died 'of a reaction to anaesthetic' and his baby brother almost bled out