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* The statement provides outmoded and inaccurate information regarding protection from [[HIV]]. | * The statement provides outmoded and inaccurate information regarding protection from [[HIV]]. | ||
* The statement cites the [[American Academy of Pediatrics]] 2012 position statement on circumcision that was allowed to expire in 2017 due to its huge number of deficiencies. | * The statement cites the [[American Academy of Pediatrics]] 2012 position statement on circumcision that was allowed to expire in 2017 due to its huge number of deficiencies. | ||
* The statement fails to state that parental surrogate consent is limited to diagnosis and treatment of disease, which cannot include non-therapeutic infant circumcision.<ref name="myers2020">{{REFjournal | * The statement fails to provide essential information on the protective, immunological, sensory, and sexual functions of the [[foreskin]] which are destroyed by circumcision. | ||
* The statement fails to state that parental surrogate consent is limited to diagnosis and treatment of disease, which cannot include non-therapeutic infant [[circumcision]].<ref name="myers2020">{{REFjournal | |||
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* [[United States of America]] | |||
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