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The CPS again considered infant circumcision in 2015. The CPS stated: | The CPS again considered infant circumcision in 2015. The CPS stated: | ||
<blockquote>While there may be a benefit for some boys in high-risk populations and circumstances where the procedure could be considered for disease reduction or treatment, the Canadian Paediatric Society does not recommend the routine circumcision of every newborn male.<ref name="cps2015">{{REFjournal | <blockquote>While there may be a benefit for some boys in high-risk populations and circumstances where the procedure could be considered for disease reduction or treatment, the Canadian Paediatric Society does not recommend the routine circumcision of every newborn male.<ref name="cps2015">{{REFjournal | ||
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Third-party payment for non-therapeutic circumcision is not presently available anywhere in Canada. Parents who wish to have a son circumcised must pay out-of-pocket for the costs of the circumcision. | Third-party payment for non-therapeutic circumcision is not presently available anywhere in Canada. Parents who wish to have a son circumcised must pay out-of-pocket for the costs of the circumcision. | ||
==Reasons for circumcision== | |||
Rediger & Muller (2013) found "newborn male circumcision rates continue to be heavily influenced by the circumcision status of the child's father."<ref>{{REFjournal | |||
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|first2=Andries J | |||
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|title=Parents' rationale for male circumcision | |||
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|journal=Can Fam Physician | |||
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|date=2013-02 | |||
|volume=59 | |||
|issue=2 | |||
|pages=e110-5 | |||
|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3576965/ | |||
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|pubmedID=23418252 | |||
|pubmedCID=3576965 | |||
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