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The [[American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists]] (ACOG) is a [[medical trade association]] that provides a statement on its website to encourage parents to consent to harmful, injurious [[circumcision of the newborn]]. Obstetricians have long been a major factor in the promotion and performance of [[circumcision of the newborn]]. | The [[American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists]] (ACOG) is a [[medical trade association]] that provides a statement on its website to encourage parents to consent to harmful, injurious [[circumcision of the newborn]]. Obstetricians have long been a major factor in the promotion and performance of [[circumcision of the newborn]]. | ||
Obstetricians, to get their [[Financial incentive| surgical fee]], must provide a [[circumcision]] within hours of birth, because otherwise, the attending pediatrician will get | Metcalf et al. (1985) reported that obstetricians carried out 87.7 percent of the circumcisions at the two hospitals surveyed in Utah.<ref>{{REFjournal | ||
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|title=Circumcision: A Survey of Current Practices | |||
|journal=Clin Pediatr (Phila) | |||
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Obstetricians, to get their [[Financial incentive| surgical fee]], must provide a [[circumcision]] within hours of birth, because otherwise, the attending pediatrician will get the fee, if a circumcision is performed later. | |||
===ACOG information for parents=== | ===ACOG information for parents=== | ||
The infamous 2012 statement for parents appears to have been removed in 2017 at the time that the 2012 [[American Academy of Pediatrics]] Circumcision Policy Statement, on which the previous ACOG statement was based, expired without being re-affirmed. | The infamous 2012 statement for parents appears to have been removed in 2017 at the time that the 2012 [[American Academy of Pediatrics]] Circumcision Policy Statement, on which the previous ACOG statement was based, expired without being re-affirmed. | ||