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• American Academy of Family Doctors (AAFP)
• American Academy of Pediatrics. ([[AAP]])
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Perhaps the most shocking fact is that circumcision continues to be practiced in the United States even though no official western medical organization in the world recommends it. The Royal Dutch Medical Society, The British Medical Association, the Canadian Pediatric Society, and the Royal Australian College of Physicians have all made official policy statements against circumcision. The American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Medical Association, the American Academy of Family Physicians, and the American Urological Association all do not recommend circumcision, and are but claim "potential" benefits. (The word ''potential'' means to exist in possibility, but ''not'' in agreement that there are no proven benefitsactuality, so a "''potential'' benefit" is an imaginary benefit.)
The trend of opinion on routine male circumcision is overwhelmingly negative in industrialized nations. No respected medical board in the world recommends circumcision for infants, not even in the name of HIV prevention. They must all point to the risks, and they must all state that there is no convincing evidence that the benefits outweigh these risks. To do otherwise would be to take an unfounded position against the best medical authorities of the West.
• American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG)
• [[American Academy of Family Physicians]] (AAFP) • [[American Academy of Pediatrics]]. ([[AAP]]) The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) would take the lead and create a task force to draft a new statement. It would have representatives from AAFP and ACOG. The intent of the AAP, ACOG, and AAFP is made clear by the appointment of a medical insurance specialist to the task force.
The AAP released its two-part statement in 2012 and it was immediately endorsed by ACOG and AAFP, who put up similar statements on their websites.