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It was replaced in 2017 by another statement that shows signs of concerns about the possible legal liability of ACOG. The statement attempts to move the responsibility and liability for any [[circumcision]] from the surgeon to the parent. Some of the claims that advocate circumcision have been omitted. There is a claim that circumcision may reduce the risk of urinary tract infection (UTI), but it fails to tell parents that the treatment for UTI is with anti-microbial drugs, not surgery.<ref>{{REFjournal | It was replaced in 2017 by another statement that shows signs of concerns about the possible legal liability of ACOG. The statement attempts to move the responsibility and liability for any [[circumcision]] from the surgeon to the parent. Some of the claims that advocate circumcision have been omitted. There is a claim that circumcision may reduce the risk of urinary tract infection (UTI), but it fails to tell parents that the treatment for UTI is with anti-microbial drugs, not surgery.<ref>{{REFjournal | ||
|last= | |last=McCracken, Jr. | ||
|first= | |first= | ||
|init= | |init=GH | ||
|author-link= | |author-link= | ||
|etal=no | |etal=no | ||
|title=Options in antimicrobial management of urinary tract infections in infants and children | |title=Options in antimicrobial management of urinary tract infections in infants and children | ||
|journal= Pediatr Infect Dis J | |||
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|location= | |location= | ||
|date= | |date=1989-08 | ||
|volume=8 | |||
|volume= | |issue=8 | ||
|issue= | |pages=552--5 | ||
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|url=https://www.cirp.org/library/disease/UTI/mccracken/ | |url=https://www.cirp.org/library/disease/UTI/mccracken/ | ||
|quote=Because long term outcome of UTI in uncircumcised males is unknown, it is inappropriate at this time to recommend circumcision as a routine medically indicated procedure. | |||
|quote= | |pubmedID=2771540 | ||
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|pubmedCID= | |pubmedCID= | ||
|DOI= | |DOI=10.1097/00006454-198908000-00041 | ||
|accessdate=2025-07-07 | |accessdate=2025-07-07 | ||
}}</ref> | }}</ref> | ||