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ACOG joined with the [[American Academy of Pediatrics]] and the [[American Academy of Family Physicians]] in 2008 to produce a circumcision policy statement that would protect [[third-party payment]] for medically-unnecessary, non-therapeutic [[circumcision]]. That statement was not published until 2012 by the AAP. ACOG endorsed the statement prior to publication.
In September 2012, ACOG updated its FAQ on the topic ''Newborn Circumcision''.<ref name="acog2012">{{REFweb |url=https://www.acog.org/en/Patient%20Resources/FAQs/Labor%20Delivery%20and%20Postpartum%20Care/Newborn%20Male%20Circumcision |title=Newborn Male Circumcision |last= |first= |accessdate=2020-04-16}}</ref> Thereon ACOG repeats the (now disproved) allegations of the [[WHO]] and the [[AAP]], [[circumcision]] that medically-unnecessary. non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] would have more advantages than [[Circumcision risks| disadvantages]] and would protect against various diseases. ACOG has not recognized that baby boys are human persons who have a right to the integrity of their persons under international [[human rights]] law and domestic law. ACOG provides no information to parents on the nature and function of the [[foreskin]], which is amputated by circumcision. This is a serious breach of ethics.
Members of ACOG perform more male circumcisions in the US than either pediatricians or family doctors,<ref>{{REFjournal