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* [https://www.cirp.org/library/statements/cps3/ Canadian Paediatric Society (1989)]
* [https://www.cirp.org/library/statements/cps3/ Canadian Paediatric Society (1989)]


This is the current CPS policy statement:
This is the very good 1996 CPS policy statement by lead author Dr. Eugene Outerbridge:


* {{REFjournal
* {{REFjournal
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The CPS recommends that "Circumcision of newborns should not be routinely (i.e.,in the absence of medical indication) performed." Since there are no medical indications for circumcision in the newborn period, in effect, the CPS is saying that newborn circumcisions should not be performed.
The CPS recommended that "Circumcision of newborns should not be routinely (i.e.,in the absence of medical indication) performed." Since there are no medical indications for circumcision in the newborn period, in effect, the CPS is saying that newborn circumcisions should not be performed.
 
The CPS updated its current circumcision statement in 2015. Sadly, it appears to have been influenced by the now discredited 2012 AAP statement.
 
* {{REFjournal
|last=Sorokin
|first=S. Todd
|init=ST
|author-link=
|last2=Finlay
|init2=JC
|author2-link=
|last3=Jeffries
|init3=AL
|author3-link=
|etal=yes
|title=Newborn male circumcision
|journal=Paediatr Child Health
|location=
|date=2015-08
|volume=20
|issue=6
|pages=311-20
|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4578472/
|quote=
|pubmedID=26435672
|pubmedCID=4578472
|DOI=10.1093/pch/20.6.311
|accessdate=2023-05-31
}}


==== College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia ====
==== College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia ====
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