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==Postscript==
==Postscript==
The 2012 [[AAP]] Circumcision Policy Statement attracted intense ongoing critical comment from many sources. The AAP did not reaffirm the statement and allowed it to expire in 2017. The AAP has not published a replacement statement, so the medical trade association now ''no'' current position on [[circumcision]].
The 2012 [[AAP]] Circumcision Policy Statement attracted [[American_Academy_of_Pediatrics#Criticism| intense ongoing critical comment]] from many sources. The AAP did not reaffirm the statement and allowed it to expire in 2017. The AAP has not published a replacement statement, so the medical trade association now ''no'' current position on [[circumcision]].


Jacobson et al. (2021) collected circumcision statistics from the Kids' Inpatient Database from 2002 to 2016. They reported that the incidence of non-therapeutic neonatal circumcision has "decreased significantly over time", with the incidence of [[circumcision]] in the [[United States]], being 52.1 percent in 2016.<ref name="jacobson2021">{{REFjournal
Jacobson et al. (2021) collected circumcision statistics from the Kids' Inpatient Database from 2002 to 2016. They reported that the incidence of non-therapeutic neonatal circumcision has "decreased significantly over time", with the incidence of [[circumcision]] in the [[United States]], being 52.1 percent in 2016.<ref name="jacobson2021">{{REFjournal