AAP Circumcision Task Force 2012: Difference between revisions

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It appears that not a single individual on the Task Force was possessed of a [[foreskin]], a normal male body part, so had no personal knowledge of the foreskin, that is amputated by [[circumcision]], and could not have an informed opinion.

The 2012 Circumcision Policy Statement received unrelenting critical comment from many sources, because of its significant omissions of the function of the foreskin, [[human rights]] issues, and many other things.

The 2012 Circumcision Policy Statement received unrelenting critical comment from many sources, because of its significant omissions of the function of the foreskin, [[human rights]] issues, and many other things.<ref name="frisch2013">{{REFjournal

|last=Frisch

|first=Morten

|author-link=Morten Frisch

|last2=Aigrain

|first2=Yves

|author2-link=

|last3=Barauskas

|first3=Vidmontas

|author3-link=

|etal=yes

|title=Cultural Bias in the AAP’s 2012 Technical Report and Policy Statement on Male Circumcision

|journal=Pediatrics

|location=

|date=2013-04-01

|volume=131

|issue=4

|pages=

|url=https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/131/4/796.long

|quote=

|pubmedID=23509170

|pubmedCID=

|DOI=10.1542/peds.2012-2896

|accessdate=2020-04-07

}}</ref>

AAP policies stand for five years unless renewed; this policy expired in 2017. Currently, the AAP does not have a circumcision policy.

AAP policies stand for five years unless renewed; this policy expired in 2017 and has not been renewed or reaffirmed. Currently, the AAP does ''not'' have a circumcision policy.

The persons listed here are members of the [[American_Academy_of_Pediatrics|American Academy of Pediatrics]] Task Force responsible for the 2012 Policy Statement on Circumcision, as listed at the end of the Policy Statement.<ref>{{REFweb

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 It appears that not a single individual on the Task Force was possessed of a [[foreskin]], a normal male body part, so had no personal knowledge of the foreskin, that is amputated by [[circumcision]], and could not have an informed opinion.
-The 2012 Circumcision Policy Statement received unrelenting critical comment from many sources, because of its significant omissions of the function of the foreskin, [[human rights]] issues, and many other things.
+The 2012 Circumcision Policy Statement received unrelenting critical comment from many sources, because of its significant omissions of the function of the foreskin, [[human rights]] issues, and many other things.<ref name="frisch2013">{{REFjournal
+ |last=Frisch
+ |first=Morten
+ |author-link=Morten Frisch
+ |last2=Aigrain
+ |first2=Yves
+ |author2-link=
+ |last3=Barauskas
+ |first3=Vidmontas
+ |author3-link=
+ |etal=yes
+ |title=Cultural Bias in the AAP’s 2012 Technical Report and Policy Statement on Male Circumcision
+ |journal=Pediatrics
+ |location=
+ |date=2013-04-01
+ |volume=131
+ |issue=4
+ |pages=
+ |url=https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/131/4/796.long
+ |quote=
+ |pubmedID=23509170
+ |pubmedCID=
+ |DOI=10.1542/peds.2012-2896
+ |accessdate=2020-04-07
+}}</ref>
-AAP policies stand for five years unless renewed; this policy expired in 2017. Currently, the AAP does not have a circumcision policy.
+AAP policies stand for five years unless renewed; this policy expired in 2017 and has not been renewed or reaffirmed. Currently, the AAP does ''not'' have a circumcision policy.
 The persons listed here are members of the [[American_Academy_of_Pediatrics|American Academy of Pediatrics]] Task Force responsible for the 2012 Policy Statement on Circumcision, as listed at the end of the Policy Statement.<ref>{{REFweb