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==Medical trade association views== | ==Medical trade association views== | ||
[[Medical trade associations]] are advocates for the business, | [[Medical trade association| Medical trade associations]] are advocates for the business, financial, professional, and legal interests of medical doctors. When one issues a statement regarding [[circumcision]], in most but not all cases, it will exhibit [[bias]] in favor of [[financial incentive| fee-bearing]] circumcision. | ||
Some [[Medical trade association| medical trade associations]] formerly took the position that the parents should determine what is in the best interest of the newborn, infant, or child.<ref name="AAP1999">{{REFjournal | Some [[Medical trade association| medical trade associations]] formerly took the position that the parents should determine what is in the best interest of the newborn, infant, or child.<ref name="AAP1999">{{REFjournal | ||
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Others say that circumcision is an infringement of the child's autonomy and should be delayed until he is capable of making the decision himself.<ref name="KNMG2010">[http://circumstitions.com/Docs/KNMG-policy.pdf Non-Therapeutic Circumcision of Male Minors]. Utrecht: Royal Dutch Medical Association, 2010.</ref> A circumcision operation may be performed at any age, so an [[intact]] male, who has reaches the legal age of consent, may elect to have a [[circumcision]] whenever he wishes. | Others say that circumcision is an infringement of the child's autonomy and should be delayed until he is capable of making the decision himself.<ref name="KNMG2010">[http://circumstitions.com/Docs/KNMG-policy.pdf Non-Therapeutic Circumcision of Male Minors]. Utrecht: Royal Dutch Medical Association, 2010.</ref> A circumcision operation may be performed at any age, so an [[intact]] male, who has reaches the legal age of consent, may elect to have a [[circumcision]] whenever he wishes. | ||
===Australia and New Zealand=== | ===Australia and New Zealand=== | ||