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[https://physicianpracticespecialists.com/state-specific-services/state-medical-societies/ State medical societies] work behind the scenes within their own state to remove any impediments to the practice of medically unnecessary, non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] and to maintain [[third-party payment]] insurance coverage.
[https://physicianpracticespecialists.com/state-specific-services/state-medical-societies/ State medical societies] work behind the scenes within their own state to remove any impediments to the practice of medically unnecessary, non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] and to maintain [[third-party payment]] insurance coverage.
== Hospitals ==  
== Hospitals ==  
Hospitals promote and profit from the practice of medically unnecessary, non-therapeutic practice, by allowing its practice, by automatically providing a circumcision consent form in the package of forms provided to an expectant mother in labor on admission, and by directing nurses to repeatedly inquire of mothers if a [[circumcision]] is desired.<ref>{{REFweb
Many hospitals promote and profit from the practice of medically unnecessary, non-therapeutic practice, by allowing its practice, by automatically providing a circumcision consent form in the package of forms provided to an expectant mother in labor on admission, and by directing nurses to repeatedly inquire of mothers if a [[circumcision]] is desired.<ref>{{REFweb
  |url=https://www.prweb.com/releases/having-a-baby-boy-intact-america-warns-get-ready-for-the-circumcision-sellers--807966573.html
  |url=https://www.prweb.com/releases/having-a-baby-boy-intact-america-warns-get-ready-for-the-circumcision-sellers--807966573.html
  |title=Having a Baby Boy? Intact America Warns, ‘Get Ready for the Circumcision Sellers!'
  |title=Having a Baby Boy? Intact America Warns, ‘Get Ready for the Circumcision Sellers!'
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  |accessdate=2023-11-12
  |accessdate=2023-11-12
  |quote=Each year, an estimated 1.4 million baby boys are circumcised in American medical settings. [[Intact America]] estimates that if circumcision solicitations were to cease, 600,000 boys—and the men they will become—would be spared every year from the [[trauma]] and lifelong consequences of the procedure.
  |quote=Each year, an estimated 1.4 million baby boys are circumcised in American medical settings. [[Intact America]] estimates that if circumcision solicitations were to cease, 600,000 boys—and the men they will become—would be spared every year from the [[trauma]] and lifelong consequences of the procedure.
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}}</ref> Non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] of the newborn is treated as a [https://www.investopedia.com/terms/p/profitcentre.asp profit center].
 
== Physicians ==  
== Physicians ==  
The physicians are primarily those who practice in the areas of general practice, obstetrics, pediatrics, or urology and who [[financial incentive| financially benefit]] from the performance of the [[pain| painful]] and [[trauma| traumatic]] non-therapeutic [[amputation]].  
The physicians are primarily those who practice in the areas of general practice, obstetrics, pediatrics, or urology and who [[financial incentive| financially benefit]] from the performance of the [[pain| painful]] and [[trauma| traumatic]] non-therapeutic [[amputation]].