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The Circumcision Policy Statement had two major goals, which were to create excuses to carry out medically unnecessary, non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] of boys and to protect [[third-party payment]] for doing so. The statement was extremely slanted and biased in favor of non-therapeutic circumcision. | The Circumcision Policy Statement had two major goals, which were to create excuses to carry out medically unnecessary, non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] of boys and to protect [[third-party payment]] for doing so. The statement was extremely slanted and biased in favor of non-therapeutic circumcision. | ||
The 2012 Circumcision Policy Statement received unrelenting critical comment from many sources, because of its significant omissions of the [[Foreskin#Physiological_functions| function of the foreskin]], [[human rights]] issues, defective medical ethics, inaccurate medical information, and many other reasons.<ref name="doc2013" /><ref name="frisch2013">{{REFjournal | The 2012 Circumcision Policy Statement received unrelenting severe critical comment from many sources, because of its significant omissions of the [[Foreskin#Physiological_functions| function of the foreskin]], [[human rights]] issues, defective medical ethics, inaccurate medical information, and many other reasons.<ref name="doc2013" /><ref name="frisch2013">{{REFjournal | ||
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