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=== Medical indication === | === Medical indication === | ||
There are no [[medical indication| medical indications]] for circumcision of the newborn. The [[circumcision industry]] offers circumcision of the newborn to the public because of the [[financial incentive]]. | There are no [[medical indication| medical indications]] for circumcision of the newborn.<ref name="aap1971">{{REFbook | ||
|last=American Academy of Pediatrics, Committee on Fetus and Newborn | |||
|first= | |||
|init= | |||
|year=1971 | |||
|title=Standards and Recommendation for Hospital Care of Newborn infants | |||
|url=https://www.cirp.org/library/statements/aap/#a1971 | |||
|scope= | |||
|location=Evanston | |||
|publisher=American Academy of Pediatrics | |||
|ISBN= | |||
|accessdate=2025-03-13 | |||
}}</ref> The [[circumcision industry]] offers circumcision of the newborn to the public because of the [[financial incentive]]. | |||
The form of circumcision adopted by the medical community essentially was equivalent to the Jewish form with ''[[periah]]'', so it inflicts the maximum injury and physical [[trauma]]. | The form of circumcision adopted by the medical community essentially was equivalent to the Jewish form with ''[[periah]]'', so it inflicts the maximum injury and physical [[trauma]]. | ||