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The [https://www.racp.edu.au Royal Australasian College of Physicians] (2010) released a 28-page updated position statement on non-therapeutic circumcision of boys in September 2010. This statement is deeply flawed and outmoded in 2020. It seems to be designed to protect the physicians' income from performing non-therapeutic circumcision. The statement accepts at face value the false, now disproved,<ref name="boyle-hill2011">{{REFjournal

}}</ref> claims that circumcision reduces the risk of HIV by 60 percent. The statement shows only limited understanding of the functions of the foreskin. While it recognizes the protective function, it does not recognize the immunological function or sexual function, and shows only limited understanding of the erogenous function. The RACP places parental preference above child human rights. Nevertheless, public hospitals in [[Australia]] have discontinued provision banned performance of non-therapeutic circumcisions <ref>{{REFnews |title=Cosmetic circumcision banned |url=http://www.cirp.org/news/theadvertiser2007-11-12/ |last=Pengelley |first=Jill |coauthors= |publisher=The Advertiser |website= |date=2007-12-09 |accessdate=2019-11-06 |quote=CIRCUMCISION will be banned in the state's public hospitals unless it is for medical reasons.}}</ref> and it is reported that only 4 percent of Australian boys currently are being circumcised. <ref>{{REFweb |url=http://www.circinfo.org/news_2018.html#fall |title=Foreskins rule! Australians rush to abandon circumcision |trans-title= |language= |last= |first= |author-link= |publisher=Circumcision Information Australia |website= |date=2018 |accessdate=2020-03-31 |format= |quote=}}</ref> The RACP needs to update this backward-looking, outmoded statement.