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==Polarity==
==Polarity==


The medical literature regarding male circumcision is highly polarized. Foreskinned doctors tend to write papers hostile to circumcision, while circumcised doctors tend to write papers in favor of circumcision.<ref name="hill2007" />  
The medical literature regarding male circumcision is highly polarized. Foreskinned doctors tend to write papers hostile to circumcision, while circumcised doctors tend to write papers in favor of circumcision.<ref name="hill2007" />  


==Statements from medical trade associations==
==Statements from medical trade associations==
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==US statements==
==US statements==
The United States is unique because the American medical industry has been promoting the practice of non-therapeutic circumcision since the late 19th Century.


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