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'''Circumcision study flaws''' are numerous. The medical literature relating to circumcision is influenced by the authors' religious and cultural views.<ref>{{REFweb | '''Circumcision study flaws''' are numerous. The medical literature relating to [[circumcision]] is influenced by the authors' religious and cultural views.<ref>{{REFweb | ||
|url=https://circumcision.org/cultural-and-medical-bias/ | |url=https://circumcision.org/cultural-and-medical-bias/ | ||
|title=Cultural and Medical Bias | |title=Cultural and Medical Bias | ||
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=== Netherlands === | === Netherlands === | ||
The [https://www.knmg.nl Royal Dutch Medical Association] {KNMG) published a statement regarding the non-therapeutic circumcision of male minors in 2010. The Netherlands is a nation where [[human rights]] are respected,<ref name="smith1998">{{REFweb | The [https://www.knmg.nl Royal Dutch Medical Association] {KNMG) published a statement regarding the non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] of male minors in 2010. The Netherlands is a nation where [[human rights]] are respected,<ref name="smith1998">{{REFweb | ||
|url=http://www.cirp.org/library/legal/smith/ | |url=http://www.cirp.org/library/legal/smith/ | ||
|title=Male Circumcision and the Rights of the Child | |title=Male Circumcision and the Rights of the Child | ||
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|date=1998 | |date=1998 | ||
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}}</ref> so it should be no surprise that the statement emphasizes the protection of the human rights of male minors and the reduction in the number of non-therapeutic circumcisions of children as much as possible. It finds no medical purpose for child non-therapeutic circumcision. | }}</ref> so it should be no surprise that the statement emphasizes the protection of the [[human rights]] of male minors and the reduction in the number of non-therapeutic circumcisions of children as much as possible. It finds no medical purpose for child non-therapeutic circumcision. | ||
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|url=http://www.cirp.org/library/general/laumann/ | |url=http://www.cirp.org/library/general/laumann/ | ||
|pubmedID=9091693 | |pubmedID=9091693 | ||
}}</ref> As a result, many Americans have never seen a human foreskin and most are profoundly ignorant of its | }}</ref> As a result, many Americans have never seen a human [[foreskin]] and most are profoundly ignorant of its anatomy, functions, and care. | ||
With such an environment the medical industry has been able to develop its circumcision business into a colossus that exceeds an estimated $3 billion per year.<ref name="bollinger2012">{{REFweb | With such an environment the medical industry has been able to develop its circumcision business into a colossus that exceeds an estimated $3 billion per year.<ref name="bollinger2012">{{REFweb | ||
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|quote=Some readers will be unaware that the AAP is not a dispassionate scientific research body , but rather a trade association for pediatricians. Those among its members and stakeholders who perform NTCs stand to profit from the procedure, to the collective annual tune of $1.25 billion according to one (albeit | |quote=Some readers will be unaware that the AAP is not a dispassionate scientific research body, but rather a trade association for pediatricians. Those among its members and stakeholders who perform NTCs stand to profit from the procedure, to the collective annual tune of $1.25 billion according to one (albeit not impartial) estimate. Given the yawning potential for a financial conflict of interest, then, there needs to be a very strong, independent medical case for circumcision; and the AAP had better be able to show that it is both the safest and most cost effective means of promoting infant health. Both of these propositions fail,however, as I will continue to show in what follows. | ||
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* [[Position statements on infant circumcision]] | |||
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