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American Academy of Family Physicians<br> | American Academy of Family Physicians<br> | ||
11400 Tomahawk Creek Parkway<br> | 11400 Tomahawk Creek Parkway<br> | ||
Leawood, KS 66211- | Leawood, KS 66211-2680<br> | ||
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Family physicians is one of three medical specialties who substantially profit from carrying out medically-uncessary, non-therapeutic child circumcisions, so it should be no surprise that they promote non-therapeutic child [[circumcision]] with a very positive policy statement. | Family physicians is one of three medical specialties who substantially profit from carrying out medically-uncessary, non-therapeutic child circumcisions, so it should be no surprise that they promote non-therapeutic child [[circumcision]] with a very positive policy statement. | ||
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==2012 AAFP circumcision position statement== | ==2012 AAFP circumcision position statement== | ||
The AAFP issued a circumcision position statement in 2012 that was based on the 2012 AAP position statement.<ref>{{REFweb | The AAFP issued a circumcision position statement in 2012 that was based on the 2012 AAP position statement.<ref name="aafp2012">{{REFweb | ||
|url=https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/neonatal-circumcision.html | |url=https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/neonatal-circumcision.html | ||
|title=Neonatal Circumcision | |title=Neonatal Circumcision | ||
|last= | |last= | ||
|first= | |first= | ||
|accessdate=2019-12-10</ref> | |accessdate=2019-12-10}}</ref> | ||
The statement claims that non-therapeutic infant male circumcision has "''potential'' benefits". ''Potential'' means to exist in possibility but not in actuality,<ref>{{REFweb | The statement claims that non-therapeutic infant male circumcision has "''potential'' benefits". ''Potential'' means to exist in possibility but not in actuality,<ref>{{REFweb | ||
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The AAFP does not tell the public that [[fatalities]] and | The AAFP makes no mention of the [[foreskin| nature and function of the foreskin]]. | ||
The AAFP does not tell the public that [[fatalities]] and [[Documented severe complications of circumcision| tragic outcomes]] occur rarely. | |||
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[[Category:Physicians]] | [[Category:Physicians]] | ||
[[Category:Medical society]] | [[Category:Medical society]] | ||