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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
|quote=As the saying goes, follow the money. Now you know why neither the [[American Academy of Pediatrics]], American Medical Association, [[American Academy of Family Physicians]], or the [[American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists]] haven’t condemned this unnecessary surgery, and why their physician members are quick to recommend the procedure to expectant parents.
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{{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
}}
* {{REFweb
|url=https://intactamerica.org/circumcision-cleanliness-myth/
|title=“Clean” vs. “Natural”: When Language Becomes a Weapon
|last=Alissa
|first=
|init=K
|author-link=Kristel Alissa
|publisher=Intact America
|date=2025-05-21
|accessdate=2025-05-22
}}
{{REF}}
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