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==Position statements of medical societies==  
==Position statements of medical societies==  


The [[Canadian Paediatric Society]] (CPS) took a position against non-therapeutic circumcision of boys in 1975, declaring it to have "no medical indication" and to be an "obsolete operation".<ref name="cps1975">{{REFjournal
The [[Canadian Paediatric Society]] (CPS) took a position against non-therapeutic circumcision of boys in 1975, declaring it to have "no medical indication" and to be an "obsolete operation".<ref name="cps1975" />  
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|title=FN 75 Circumcision in the newborn period
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The CPS revisited circumcision in 1996 and recommended, "Circumcision should not be routinely performed."<ref name="chhrp2018" /><ref name="cps1996">{{REFjournal
The CPS revisited circumcision in 1996 and recommended, "Circumcision should not be routinely performed."<ref name="chhrp2018" /><ref name="cps1996">{{REFjournal