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Surgical operation on infants without anesthesia continued for well over a century, at least until 1987, when the [[American Academy of Pediatrics]] was forced to issue a CYA statement that called for the use of anesthesia.<ref>{{REFjournal
Surgical operation on infants without anesthesia continued for well over a century, at least until 1987, when the [[American Academy of Pediatrics]] was forced to issue a CYA statement that called for the use of anesthesia.<ref name="poland1987">{{REFjournal
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The standard of care now requires analgesia if elective neonatal non-therapeutic circumcision is to be carried out.  
The standard of care now requires analgesia if elective neonatal non-therapeutic circumcision is to be carried out.<ref name="poland1987" /> <ref name="aap1999">{{REFjournal
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|first=Carole M.
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|last2=Bailey
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|first2=Ann Geryl Doll
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|last3=Fleischman
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|first3=Alan R.
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|first4=George
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|title=Circumcision policy statement
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<b>However, none of the above three procedures totally eliminate pain. A baby boy will still experience some pain despite any of those analgesic procedures. Prevention of pain requires protecting a boy from elective neonatal non-therapeutic circumcision. Only boys who are protected from the medically unnecessary circumcision surgery experience no pain or trauma.</b>
<b>However, none of the above three procedures totally eliminate pain. A baby boy will still experience some pain despite any of those analgesic procedures. Prevention of pain requires protecting a boy from elective neonatal non-therapeutic circumcision. Only boys who are protected from the medically unnecessary circumcision surgery experience no pain or trauma.</b>
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The [[American Academy of Pediatrics]] convened a new task force on circumcision under the chair of Carole M. Lannon, M. D. That task force reversed the position previously taken under [[Edgar J. Schoen]]. It clearly stated that non-therapeutic infant circumcision is "not essential to the child’s current well-being." It provided an extensive discussion of procedural analgesia and said, quite strongly, that, if a circumcision is done, procedural analgesia should be provided.<ref>{{REFjournal
The [[American Academy of Pediatrics]] convened a new task force on circumcision under the chair of Carole M. Lannon, M. D. That task force reversed the position previously taken under [[Edgar J. Schoen]]. It clearly stated that non-therapeutic infant circumcision is "not essential to the child’s current well-being." It provided an extensive discussion of procedural analgesia and said, quite strongly, that, if a circumcision is done, procedural analgesia should be provided.<ref name="aap1999" />
|last=Lannon
|init=CM
|first=Carole M.
|author-link=
|last2=Bailey
|init2=AGD
|first2=Ann Geryl Doll
|author2-link=
|last3=Fleischman
|init3=AR
|first3=Alan R.
|author3-link=
|last4=Kaplan
|init4=G
|first4=George
|author4-link=
|etal=yes
|title=Circumcision policy statement
|trans-title=
|language=English
|journal=Pediatrics
|location=
|date=1999-09
|volume=103
|issue=3
|pages=687-93
|url=http://www.cirp.org/library/statements/aap1999/
|archived=
|quote=
|pubmedID=22926180
|pubmedCID=
|DOI=10.1016/j.juro.2013.06.094
|accessdate=2020-11-19
}}</ref>


Kraft (2003) reported that "many health care practitioners routinely perform this procedure without the use of any or with inadequate or ineffective analgesia and anesthesia."<ref name="kraft2003">{{REFjournal
Kraft (2003) reported that "many health care practitioners routinely perform this procedure without the use of any or with inadequate or ineffective analgesia and anesthesia."<ref name="kraft2003">{{REFjournal