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The incidence of non-therapeutic child circumcision in Australia started to decline after the publication of the Belmaine (1971) letter. By 1978, only 50 percent of newborn boys were being circumcised.

The [[Australasian Association of Paediatric Surgeons]] issued a statement on non-therapeutic circumcsion of children in 1996. The statement pointed out the [[human rights]] violations and said in part:

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We do not support the removal of a normal part of the body, unless there are definite indications to justify the complications and risks which may arise. In particular, we are opposed to male children being subjected to a procedure, which had they been old enough to consider the advantages and disadvantages, may well have opted to reject the operation and retain their prepuce.<ref name=leditschke1996>{{REFdocument

~~|title=Guidelines for Circumcision~~

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The incidence of circumcision continued to decline, so that by 1996, when the Australian College of Paediatrics issued a statement, it reported that the incidence of "routine" (i.e. non-therapeutic) circumcision was estimated at ten percent of newborn boys.<ref name-"acp1996>{{REFweb

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|title=]Scientific Advice, Traditional Practices and the Politics of Health-Care: The Australian Debate over Public Funding of

|title=Scientific Advice, Traditional Practices and the Politics of Health-Care: The Australian Debate over Public Funding of Non-Therapeutic Circumcision, 1985

Non-Therapeutic Circumcision, 1985

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 The incidence of non-therapeutic child circumcision in Australia started to decline after the publication of the Belmaine (1971) letter.  By 1978, only 50 percent of newborn boys were being circumcised.
-The [[Australasian Association of Paediatric Surgeons]] issued a statement on non-therapeutic circumcsion of children in 1996.  The statement pointed out the [[human rights]] violations and said in part:
-<blockquote>
-We do not support the removal of a normal part of the body, unless there are definite indications to justify the complications and risks which may arise. In particular, we are opposed to male children being subjected to a procedure, which had they been old enough to consider the advantages and disadvantages, may well have opted to reject the operation and retain their prepuce.<ref name=leditschke1996>{{REFdocument
- |title=Guidelines for Circumcision
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- |language=
- |url=http://www.cirp.org/library/statements/aaps/
- |contribution=
- |quote=
- |trans-quote=
- |quote-lang=
- |last=Leditschke
- |first=J. Fred
- |author-link=
- |publisher=Australasian Association of Paediatric Surgeons
- |format=
- |date=1996
- |accessdate=2019-11-27
-}}</ref>
-</blockquote>
 The incidence of circumcision continued to decline, so that by 1996, when the Australian College of Paediatrics issued a statement, it reported that the incidence of "routine" (i.e. non-therapeutic) circumcision was estimated at ten percent of newborn boys.<ref name-"acp1996>{{REFweb
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   |author-link=Robert Darby
   |etal=no
-  |title=]Scientific Advice, Traditional Practices and the Politics of Health-Care: The Australian Debate over Public Funding of
+  |title=Scientific Advice, Traditional Practices and the Politics of Health-Care: The Australian Debate over Public Funding of Non-Therapeutic Circumcision, 1985
-Non-Therapeutic Circumcision, 1985
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   |language=