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== RACP 2022 statement ==

There really was nothing wrong with the 2010 RACP statement on circumcision of infant males that required change. The RACP evidently had a change of policy that it would promote [[circumcision]] to the Australasian public at the cost of additional [[pain]], [[trauma]], and loss of [[Foreskin#Physiological_functions| physiological function]] to infant boys in [[Australia]] and [[New Zealand]].

The current RACP statement on circumcision of infant males<ref name="RACP2022">{{REFdocument

|url=https://www.racp.edu.au//docs/default-source/advocacy-library/racp-circumcision-of-infant-males-position-statement.pdf

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}}</ref> So the RACP clearly does '''not''' protect children from not required surgery.

The RACP is a [[medical trade association]] so it has a duty to promote the business of its physician members which includes medically-unnecessary non-therapeutic circumcision of infant boys. The 2022 statement, ''Circumcision of Infant Males'', fulfills its duty to promote circumcision. The statement is typical of other [[Medical_trade_association#Statements_regarding_male_circumcision| statements regarding male circumcision]] from medical trade associations.

The RACP is a [[medical trade association]] so it has a duty to promote the business of its physician members, which includes medically-unnecessary, non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] of infant boys. The 2022 statement, ''Circumcision of Infant Males'', fulfills its duty to promote circumcision. The statement is typical of other promotional [[Medical_trade_association#Statements_regarding_male_circumcision| statements regarding male circumcision]] from medical trade associations and has the usual omissions. Notably, the statement omits mention of the death of a boy in Perth the previous year and the statement by Dr. Duncan-Smith of the Australian Medical Association should be done only for a medical indication.<ref>{{REFnews

|url=https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10293843/Circumcision-warning-two-year-old-dies-brother-bleeds-Western-Australia.html

|title=Parents are warned against circumcising their children after a toddler, 2, died 'of a reaction to anaesthetic' and his baby brother almost bled out

|last=Wondracz

|first=Aidan

|init=A

|publisher=Daily Mail

|date=2021-12-09

|accessdate=2023-11-17

}}</ref>

In a glaring display of medical ineptitude, the 2022 RACP statement cited the 2012 [[American Academy of Pediatrics]] statement, which had expired five years before in 2017 and no longer was an official statement. One should also be aware of the citation of papers by circumcision promoter [[Brian Morris]].

The RACP evidently wanted to do what it could to increase the revenue of its members from infant [[circumcision]] and to shift responsibilty for the certain injury from the surgeon to the parents.

* [[Australia]]

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 == RACP 2022 statement ==
+There really was nothing wrong with the 2010 RACP statement on circumcision of infant males that required change. The RACP evidently had a change of policy that it would promote [[circumcision]] to the Australasian public at the cost of additional [[pain]], [[trauma]], and loss of [[Foreskin#Physiological_functions| physiological function]] to infant boys in [[Australia]] and [[New Zealand]].
 The current RACP statement on circumcision of infant males<ref name="RACP2022">{{REFdocument
   |url=https://www.racp.edu.au//docs/default-source/advocacy-library/racp-circumcision-of-infant-males-position-statement.pdf
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 }}</ref> So the RACP clearly does '''not''' protect children from not required surgery.
-The RACP is a [[medical trade association]] so it has a duty to promote the business of its physician members which includes medically-unnecessary non-therapeutic circumcision of infant boys. The 2022 statement, ''Circumcision of Infant Males'', fulfills its duty to promote circumcision. The statement is typical of other [[Medical_trade_association#Statements_regarding_male_circumcision| statements regarding male circumcision]] from medical trade associations.
+The RACP is a [[medical trade association]] so it has a duty to promote the business of its physician members, which includes medically-unnecessary, non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] of infant boys. The 2022 statement, ''Circumcision of Infant Males'', fulfills its duty to promote circumcision. The statement is typical of other promotional [[Medical_trade_association#Statements_regarding_male_circumcision| statements regarding male circumcision]] from medical trade associations and has the usual omissions. Notably, the statement omits mention of the death of a boy in Perth the previous year and the statement by Dr. Duncan-Smith of the Australian Medical Association should be done only for a medical indication.<ref>{{REFnews
+ |url=https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10293843/Circumcision-warning-two-year-old-dies-brother-bleeds-Western-Australia.html
+ |title=Parents are warned against circumcising their children after a toddler, 2, died 'of a reaction to anaesthetic' and his baby brother almost bled out
+ |last=Wondracz
+ |first=Aidan
+ |init=A
+ |publisher=Daily Mail
+ |date=2021-12-09
+ |accessdate=2023-11-17
+}}</ref>
+In a glaring display of medical ineptitude, the 2022 RACP statement cited the 2012 [[American Academy of Pediatrics]] statement, which had expired five years before in 2017 and no longer was an official statement. One should also be aware of the citation of papers by circumcision promoter [[Brian Morris]].
+The RACP evidently wanted to do what it could to increase the revenue of its members from infant [[circumcision]] and to shift responsibilty for the certain injury from the surgeon to the parents.
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 * [[Australia]]