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The [[medical trade association| medical trade associations]] are primarily the American Medical Association, the [[American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists]], the [[American Academy of Pediatrics]], the [[American Academy of Family Physicians]], and the [[American Urological Association]].
Medical trade associations that whose members profit from the performance of [[circumcision]] usually issue [[bias| biased ]] [[Medical_trade_association#Statements_regarding_male_circumcision| statements regarding ]] to promote non-therapeutic male [[circumcision]].
== State medical societies ==
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}}</ref> During this time, all room and other charges increase, so a circumcision is a real windfall for the hospital. Not only does the hospital collect a facility fee for the circumcision set up, it also gets to collect additional room and other charges.
Hospitals are also believed to sell the tissue from the excised infant foreskins to the bioengineering and cosmetics industries for a substantial profit.<ref>{{REFweb
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|title=Uncovering the Truth: Are Foreskins Really Used in Cosmetics? [The Shocking Story and Essential Information You Need to Know]
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== Physicians ==
== Medical journals ==
Medical journals are mostly those journals which focus on obstetrics, pediatrics, family practice, or urology and publish [[bias| biased ]] articles to promote the practice.<ref name="fleiss1999">{{REFbook
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==Profits==
Professor Morgan (1967), in his classic article — ''Penile plunder'' — accurately described the only real reason for the performance of non-therapeutic circumcision as — ''chronic remunerative surgery'' — meaning long-lasting recurring compensation to the surgeon.<ref>{{REFjournal |last=Morgan |first= |init=WKC |author-link=William Keith Campbell Morgan |etal=NO |title=Penile plunder |trans-title= |language= |journal=Med J Aust |location= |date=1967-05-27 |volume=1 |issue=21 |article= |page= |pages=1102-3 |url=https://www.cirp.org/library/general/morgan2/ |archived= |quote= |pubmedID=4226264 |pubmedCID= |DOI=10.5694/j.1326-5377.1967.tb20892.x |doi= |accessdate=2023-11-15}}</ref> The profits are amazingly large. Bollinger (2012) estimated annual intake from the performance of medically-unnecessary, non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] to be $$3,640,000,000.<ref name="bollinger2012">{{REFweb
|url=https://www.academia.edu/6442587/High_Cost_of_Circumcision_3.6_Billion_Annually
|title=High Cost of Circumcision: $3.6 Billion Annually
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* [[Financial incentive]]
* [[United States of America]]
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