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The incidence of non-therapeutic neonatal circumcision in Australia approached that of the United States in the 1930s through 1960s. | The incidence of non-therapeutic neonatal circumcision in Australia approached that of the United States in the 1930s through 1960s. | ||
[[Douglas Gairdner]],s famous, classic paper, ''The Fate of the Foreskin: A Study of Circumcision'',<ref name="gairdner1949">{{REFjournal | [[Douglas Gairdner]],s famous, classic 1949 paper, ''The Fate of the Foreskin: A Study of Circumcision'',<ref name="gairdner1949">{{REFjournal | ||
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==Position statements of medical societies== | |||
After considering the three papers published in the ''Australian Paediatric Journal'', the Australian Paediatric Society adopted a resolution on April 24, 1971 that the circumcision of male infants should not be performed as a routine measure. That resolution subsequently was reported in a letter published in the ''Medical Journal of Australia'' on May 22, 1971.<ref name="belmaine1971">{{REFjournal | |||
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|first=SP | |||
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|title=Circumcision | |||
|journal=Medical Journal of Australia | |||
|date=1971-05-22 | |||
|volume=1 | |||
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|pages=1148 | |||
|url=http://www.cirp.org/library/statements/apa1971/ | |||
|accessdate=2019-19-28 | |||
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