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The statement, which was intended to promote the practice of non-therapeutic circumcision for the benefit of the fellows of the AAP, had many serious deficiences. Some more notable deficiences included:

The statement, which was intended to promote the practice of non-therapeutic circumcision for the benefit of the fellows of the AAP, had a high degree of [[bias]] and had many serious deficiences. Some more notable deficiences included:

* failure to recognize the child as a person with legal rights to bodily integrity.

* failure to provide information on the nature and functions of the human [[foreskin]].

* failure to call for analgesia to ease the intense [[pain]] of the amputation.

* inclusion of Thomas E. Wiswell's methodologically-flawed papers on [[urinary tract infection]] (UTI).

* inclusion of [[Thomas E. Wiswell]]'s methodologically-flawed papers on [[urinary tract infection]] (UTI).

* failure to inform parents that UTI is properly treated with antibiotics.

* use of the misleading word ''potential'' to describe speculative medical benefits that do not actually exist.

* attempting to shift responsibility for the performance of an injurious and harmful amputation from the medical operator to the parents.

The advocacy of circumcision to prevent UTI spurred a debate in the medical literature until the AAP published a new statement in 1999 that softened the claims.

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-The statement, which was intended to promote the practice of non-therapeutic circumcision for the benefit of the fellows of the AAP, had many serious deficiences. Some more notable deficiences included:
+The statement, which was intended to promote the practice of non-therapeutic circumcision for the benefit of the fellows of the AAP, had a high degree of [[bias]] and had many serious deficiences. Some more notable deficiences included:
 * failure to recognize the child as a person with legal rights to bodily integrity.
 * failure to provide information on the nature and functions of the human [[foreskin]].
 * failure to call for analgesia to ease the intense [[pain]] of the amputation.
-* inclusion of Thomas E. Wiswell's methodologically-flawed papers on [[urinary tract infection]] (UTI).
+* inclusion of [[Thomas E. Wiswell]]'s methodologically-flawed papers on [[urinary tract infection]] (UTI).
 * failure to inform parents that UTI is properly treated with antibiotics.
 * use of the misleading word ''potential'' to describe speculative medical benefits that do not actually exist.
 * attempting to shift responsibility for the performance of an injurious and harmful amputation from the medical operator to the parents.
+The advocacy of circumcision to prevent UTI spurred a debate in the medical literature until the AAP published a new statement in 1999 that softened the claims.
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