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}}</ref> Schoen associates with the [[Gilgal Society]].<ref>http://www.circinfo.net/pdfs/GFW-EN%200712-1.pdf</ref> | }}</ref> Schoen associates with the [[Gilgal Society]].<ref>http://www.circinfo.net/pdfs/GFW-EN%200712-1.pdf</ref> | ||
Schoen was the chair of the 1989 AAP | Schoen was the chair of the 1989 AAP task force on circumcision, which studied available data to consider recommending [[circumcision]] to parents. Schoen seized on very poor articles with methodological flaws by fellow circumfetisher [[Thomas E. Wiswell]] to advocate circumcision. The task force concluded that "Newborn circumcision has potential medical benefits and advantages as well as disadvantages and risks".<ref>{{REFweb | ||
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|url=http://www.cirp.org/library/statements/aap/#a1989 | |url=http://www.cirp.org/library/statements/aap/#a1989 | ||