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Circumcision industry

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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 ==
== 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
|last=Fleiss
|first=Paul M.
==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
{{SEEALSO}}
* [[Financial incentive]]
* [[United States of America]]
{{LINKS}}
* {{REFweb
|url=http://acroposthion.com/the-foreskin-industry/
|title=The Foreskin Industry
|website=Acroposthion
|accessdate=2020-03-02
}}
{{REF}}
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