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[[Abraham Ravich]] (1951) falsely claimed that [[circumcision]] prevents [[cervical cancer]] in women.<ref name="ravitch1951">{{Ravich1951}}</ref> | [[Abraham Ravich]] (1951) falsely claimed that [[circumcision]] prevents [[cervical cancer]] in women.<ref name="ravitch1951">{{Ravich1951}}</ref> | ||
Hollister, Inc. formally introduced the [[Plastibell]] circumcision device in 1953.<ref name=Miller1953>{{REFjournal | |||
|last=Miller | |||
|init=RL | |||
|last2=Snyder | |||
|init2=DC | |||
|date=1953-01 | |||
|title=Immediate circumcision of the newborn male | |||
|journal=Am. J. Obstet. Gynecol. | |||
|volume=65 | |||
|issue=1 | |||
|pages=1-11 | |||
|url=https://europepmc.org/article/MED/13016660 | |||
|quote= | |||
|pubmedID=13016660 | |||
|accessdate=2021-10-10 | |||
}}</ref> | |||
The Congress of the United States created the Medicaid program in 1965. Medicaid is a joint federal/state program that pays the medical expenses of low-income Americans. Medicaid pays for medically-unnecessary, non-therapeutic circumcision in most states, although it appears to be a violation of law to do so.<ref name="adler2011">{{REFjournal | The Congress of the United States created the Medicaid program in 1965. Medicaid is a joint federal/state program that pays the medical expenses of low-income Americans. Medicaid pays for medically-unnecessary, non-therapeutic circumcision in most states, although it appears to be a violation of law to do so.<ref name="adler2011">{{REFjournal | ||