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The decision to create a new Circumcision Policy Statement was taken in 2008, jointly with two other medical trade associations of doctors who perform and profit from circumcisions, the [[American Academy of Family Physicians]] and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. The obvious goal of the Task Force was preservation of [[third-party payment]], which accounts for the presence of Steven Wegner, {{MD}}, {{JD}}, representing the AAP Committee on Child Health Financing.<ref name="doc2013">{{REFweb | The decision to create a new Circumcision Policy Statement was taken in 2008, jointly with two other medical trade associations of doctors who perform and profit from circumcisions, the [[American Academy of Family Physicians]] and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. The obvious goal of the Task Force was preservation of [[third-party payment]], which accounts for the presence of Steven Wegner, {{MD}}, {{JD}}, representing the AAP Committee on Child Health Financing.<ref name="doc2013">{{REFweb | ||
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==2012 Circumcision Policy Statement== | ==2012 Circumcision Policy Statement== | ||
The Circumcision Policy Statement had two major goals, which were to create excuses to carry out medically unnecessary, non-therapeutic circumcision of boys and to protect [[third-party payment]] for doing so. The statement was extremely slanted and biased in favor of non-therapeutic circumcision. | The Circumcision Policy Statement had two major goals, which were to create excuses to carry out medically unnecessary, non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] of boys and to protect [[third-party payment]] for doing so. The statement was extremely slanted and biased in favor of painful, traumatic, harmful, non-therapeutic circumcision. | ||
The 2012 Circumcision Policy Statement received unrelenting critical comment from many sources, because of its significant omissions of the function of the foreskin, [[human rights]] issues, defective medical ethics, inaccurate medical information, and many other reasons.<ref name="doc2013" /> <ref name="frisch2013">{{REFjournal | The 2012 Circumcision Policy Statement and its accompanying Technical Report received unrelenting severe critical comment from many sources, because of its significant omissions of the [[Foreskin#Physiological_functions| function of the foreskin]], [[human rights]] issues, defective medical ethics, inaccurate medical information, and many other reasons.<ref name="doc2013" /><ref name="frisch2013">{{REFjournal | ||
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|DOI=10.1136/medethics-2013-101346 | |DOI=10.1136/medethics-2013-101346 | ||
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}}</ref> <ref>{{REFdocument | }}</ref><ref>{{REFdocument | ||
|title=Commentary on American Academy of Pediatrics 2012 Circumcision Policy Statemeni | |title=Commentary on American Academy of Pediatrics 2012 Circumcision Policy Statemeni | ||
|url=https://www.doctorsopposingcircumcision.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/commentary-on-american-academy-of-pediatrics-2012-circumcision-policy-statement.pdf | |url=https://www.doctorsopposingcircumcision.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/commentary-on-american-academy-of-pediatrics-2012-circumcision-policy-statement.pdf | ||
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}}</ref> | }}</ref> It was quietly allowed to expire into ignominy in 2017. | ||
== Task Force on Circumcision 2012 == | == Task Force on Circumcision 2012 == | ||
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* [[Susan_Blank|Susan Blank]], {{MD}}, {{MPH}}, Chairperson | * [[Susan_Blank|Susan Blank]], {{MD}}, {{MPH}}, Chairperson | ||
* [[Michael Brady]], {{MD}}, Representing the Committee on Pediatric AIDS | * [[Michael Brady]], {{MD}}, Representing the Committee on Pediatric [[AIDS]] | ||
* Ellen Buerk, {{MD}}, Representing the AAP Board of Directors | * Ellen Buerk, {{MD}}, Representing the AAP Board of Directors | ||
* Waldemar Carlo, {{MD}}, Representing the AAP Committee on Fetus and Newborn | * Waldemar Carlo, {{MD}}, Representing the AAP Committee on [[Fetus]] and Newborn | ||
* [[Douglas_Diekema|Douglas Diekema]], {{MD}}, {{MPH}}, Representing the AAP Committee on Bioethics | * [[Douglas_Diekema|Douglas Diekema]], {{MD}}, {{MPH}}, Representing the AAP Committee on Bioethics | ||
* [[Andrew_Freedman|Andrew Freedman]], {{MD}}, Representing the AAP Section on Urology | * [[Andrew_Freedman|Andrew Freedman]], {{MD}}, Representing the AAP Section on Urology | ||
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=== Liaisons === | === Liaisons === | ||
* Charles LeBaron, {{MD}} – [[Centers_for_Disease_Control|Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] | * Charles LeBaron, {{MD}} – [[Centers_for_Disease_Control|Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] | ||
* Lesley Atwood, {{MD}} – American Academy of Family Physicians | * Lesley Atwood, {{MD}} – American Academy of Family Physicians | ||
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=== Consultants === | === Consultants === | ||
* Susan K. Flinn, {{MA}} – Medical Writer | * Susan K. Flinn, {{MA}} – Medical Writer | ||
* Esther C. Janowsky, {{MD}}, {{PhD}} | * Esther C. Janowsky, {{MD}}, {{PhD}} | ||
=== Staff === | === Staff === | ||
* Edward P. Zimmerman, MS | * Edward P. Zimmerman, MS | ||
{{SEEALSO}} | {{SEEALSO}} | ||
* [[American Academy of Pediatrics]] | * [[American Academy of Pediatrics]] | ||
* [[AAP Circumcision Task Force 2019]] | |||
{{LINKS}} | {{LINKS}} | ||
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[[Category:American Academy of Pediatrics]] | [[Category:American Academy of Pediatrics]] | ||
[[Category:Scandal]] | |||
[[Category:From CircLeaks]] | [[Category:From CircLeaks]] | ||