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The '''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' (CPS) is the trade association for Canadian paediatricians. The CPS head office is located at 100-2305 St. Laurent Blvd., Ottawa, ON, Canada K1G 4J8. | The '''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' (CPS) is the [[medical trade association]] for Canadian paediatricians. The CPS head office is located at 100-2305 St. Laurent Blvd., Ottawa, ON, Canada K1G 4J8. | ||
The CPS is governed by an elected Board of Directors representing each province and territory. | The CPS is governed by an elected Board of Directors representing each province and territory. | ||
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The CPS publishes ''Paediatrics & Child Health'', Canada's only paediatrics journal. | The CPS publishes ''Paediatrics & Child Health'', Canada's only paediatrics journal. | ||
The CPS publishes policy statements on various matters relating to paediatric health and well-being. It has published three major statements on male circumcision. | The CPS publishes policy statements on various matters relating to paediatric health and well-being. It has published three major statements on male [[circumcision]]. | ||
== Issues with the 2016 circumcision position statement == | |||
The 2016 statement exhibits [[medical trade association]] [[bias]] in favor of increased [[financial incentive]] for the fellows of the trade association and clearly was heavily influenced by the now thoroughly discredited and expired (2017) [[American Academy of Pediatrics]] 2012 Circumcision Policy Statement. Furthermore, it bizarrely includes a reference to a paper on [[urinary tract infection]] by circumcision promoters [[Brian J. Morris]] and [[Thomas E. Wiswell]]. | |||
The statement touts circumcision to prevent [[HIV]] infection, however a massive population study in [[Canada]] found that circumcision status has no effect on prevention of HIV infection.<ref name="mayan2021">{{REFjournal | |||
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|title=Circumcision and Risk of HIV Among Males From Ontario, Canada | |||
|journal=J Urol | |||
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|date=2023-06-08 | |||
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|url=https://www.auajournals.org/doi/pdf/10.1097/JU.0000000000002234 | |||
|quote=We found that circumcision was not independently associated with the risk of acquiring [[HIV]] among men from Ontario, Canada. | |||
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|DOI=10.1097/JU.0000000000002234 | |||
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The statement seems designed to promote non-therapeutic unnecessary child circumcision in [[Canada]] in violation of the child's [https://justice.gc.ca/eng/csj-sjc/rfc-dlc/ccrf-ccdl/check/art7.html Section 7] right to <i>security of the person</i> under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Circumcision assaults the person of the child by excising functional tissue. The CPS has stated that the foreskin is <i>not</i> redundant tissue.<ref name="andersen2025">{{REFjournal | |||
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|author-link=Dale Andersen | |||
|url=https://cdd.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/cdd/article/view/39786/36016 | |||
|title=Circumcision and forced disability: Routine male neonatal circumcision and the consequences of amputation within a critical disability studies framework | |||
|journal=Critical Disability Discourses | |||
|date=2025-12 | |||
|volume=10 | |||
|issue=2 | |||
|pages=1-37 | |||
|URL=https://cdd.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/cdd/article/view/39786/36016 | |||
|DOI=https://doi.org/10.25071/1918-6215.39786 | |||
|accessdate=2026-03-12 | |||
|quote=In a critical disability studies framework, it is argued that the act of amputating healthy erogenous tissue and the consequences of that amputation cause disability, particularly from a counter-hegemonic lens. | |||
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</ref> The CPS seems unwilling to recognise and protect the legal rights of its child patients. The CPS seems more interested in the financial well-being of its fellows than in the health and well-being of the male infants of [[Canada]]. | |||
The 2016 statement fails to discuss the function of the [[foreskin]], the [[amputation]] of which has a disabling effect on various protective and sexual functions.<ref name="andersen2025" /> | |||
The 2016 statement disrespects the First Nations people of Canada by failing to note that circumcision is not part of their culture. | |||
The 2016 CPS statement of position on [[circumcision of the newborn]] was poorly drafted in 2016, has not improved with age, and is now outmoded by advances in medical science and [[human rights]], so it should be withdrawn. | |||
The CPS would do well by reviewing the work of Canadian [[Dale Andersen| Dale Andersen-Ghiberson]], MSW, as it considers its replacement statement.<ref name="andersen2025" /> | |||
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* [[Canada]] | * [[Canada]] | ||
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[[Category:Medical society]] | [[Category:Medical society]] | ||