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Typically, the statements may:
* cite "potential" benefits of [[circumcision]], while failing to state ''potential'' means to exist in possibility, but not in actuality.
* omit a description of the [[foreskin]] and its [[Foreskin#Physiological_functions| protective, immunological, sensory, and sexual physiological functions]].
* omit an adequate description of the [[pain]] of circumcision of the newborn, lack information on the lack of effectiveness of available analgesic methods, but recommend the use of analgesia for circumcision.
* omit a description of the [[Trauma| physical and psychic trauma]] inherent in [[circumcision]].
* omit a real discussion of the [[human rights]] and medical ethics issues regarding non-therapeutic amputation of a functional body part from a non-consenting minor.
* omit a discussion of [[My_child,_my_choice#Illegal_consent| limitations on power of surrogate consent]]-
Please see [[Position statements on infant circumcision]] for a discussion of individual statements.
==Legal issue==Full disclosure of the pain, physical and psychic trauma, and loss of physiological function caused by harmful [[circumcision]] would expose fellows/members to lawsuits for damages so statements refrain from full disclosure of the harm and certain injury.<ref>{{REFjournal |last=Adler |first= |init=PW |author-link=Peter W. Adler |etal=no |title=Is circumcision legal? |trans-title= |language= |journal=Richmond Journal of Law and the Public Interest |location= |date=2013 |season= |volume=16 |issue=3 |pages=439-86 |url=https://scholarship.richmond.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1265&context=jolpi |archived= |quote= |format=PDF |accessdate=2024-12-10}}</ref>
{{SEEALSO}}
* [[Circumcision study flaws]]