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}}</ref> She appears to be convinced of the medical advantages of circumcision. {{Citation |Title= |Text="There's no argument that the trials that have been done are really compelling," says Susan Blank, chairwoman of the academy's task force on neonatal circumcision. "That is just one piece in the discussion of circumcision." The academy's panel also includes experts on urinary-tract infections, ethics and health-care finance among others, she says.<small>(119)</small> |Author= |Source=Wall Street Journal |ref=<ref>{{REFweb |url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123802256715541879.html |title=Circumcision Decreases Risk of Contracting STDs, Study Says |website=Wall Street Journal |dateHistory=2009-03-26 |accessdate=2019-10-04}}</ref>}} {{Citation |Title= |Text=This statement really is not neutral. There is clear evidence that supports the health benefits of male circumcision. |Author= |Source=Community Radio for Northern Colorado |ref=<ref>{{REFweb |url=http://kunc.org/post/pediatricians-decide-boys-are-better-circumcised-not |title=Pediatricians Decide Boys Are Better Off Circumcised Than Not |website=Community Radio for Northern Colorado |date=2012-08-31 |accessdate=2019-10-04}}</ref>}} Blank was an Assistant Commissioner at the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene at the time that a ''mohel'' was believed to have infected three infants with [[herpes]] after performing mouth suction on their [[penis ]] wounds.<ref>{{REFweb
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==Chairman of the 2012 AAP Circumcision Committee==
She appears to be convinced of the medical advantages of circumcision.
{{Citation
|Title=
|Text="There's no argument that the trials that have been done are really compelling," says Susan Blank, chairwoman of the academy's task force on neonatal circumcision. "That is just one piece in the discussion of circumcision." The academy's panel also includes experts on urinary-tract infections, ethics and health-care finance among others, she says.<small>(119)</small>
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|Source=Wall Street Journal
|ref=<ref>{{REFweb |url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123802256715541879.html |title=Circumcision Decreases Risk of Contracting STDs, Study Says |website=Wall Street Journal |date=2009-03-26 |accessdate=2019-10-04}}</ref>
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{{Citation
|Title=
|Text=This statement really is not neutral. There is clear evidence that supports the health benefits of male circumcision.
|Author=
|Source=Community Radio for Northern Colorado
|ref=<ref>{{REFweb
|url=http://kunc.org/post/pediatricians-decide-boys-are-better-circumcised-not
|title=Pediatricians Decide Boys Are Better Off Circumcised Than Not
|website=Community Radio for Northern Colorado
|date=2012-08-31
|accessdate=2019-10-04
}}</ref>
}}
Susan Blank may have confused her ethnic views on [[Brit Milah| circumcision]] with medical science. Her circumcision policy of 2012 received scathing critical comment.<ref name="frisch2013">{{REFjournal
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Susan Black is an outstanding example of a Jewish medical doctor who promotes non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] of boys for specious medical reasons. She is a worthy successor to [[Edgar J. Schoen]], M.D.
== Fate of the 2012 AAP Circumcision Policy Statement ==
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">{{REFweb
{{SEEALSO}}
* [[Bias]]
* [[United States of America]]
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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e61hWdKPNnw Youtube video by Intaction Protesters]