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A report on circumcision in Australia. | A report on circumcision in Australia. | ||
Australia, like other English-speaking countries, once had a rather high rate of non-therapeutic neonatal circumcision of male infants, however Australia now has a very low rate of non-therapeutic neonatal circumcision. | Australia, like other English-speaking countries, once had a rather high rate of non-therapeutic neonatal circumcision of male infants, however Australia now (2019) has a very low rate of non-therapeutic neonatal circumcision. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
The indigeous people of Australia, the Aborgines, have variously practiced subincision and circumcision since before the first contact with Europeans. | The indigeous people of Australia, the Aborgines, have variously practiced [[Religion and culture#Australia| subincision]] and [[circumcision]] since before the first contact with Europeans. | ||
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. | ||
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==Position statements of medical societies== | ==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 | After considering the three papers published in the ''Australian Paediatric Journal'', the [http://auspaediatrics.com.au/ 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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|url=http://www.cirp.org/library/statements/apa1971/ | |url=http://www.cirp.org/library/statements/apa1971/ | ||
|accessdate=2019-10-28 | |accessdate=2019-10-28 | ||
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The incidence of non-therapeutic child circumcision in Australia started to decline after the publication of the Belaine (1971) letter. By 1978, only 50 percent of newborn boys were being circumcised. | |||
The incidence of circumcision continued to decline, so that by 1996, when the Australian College of Paediatrics issued a statement, it reported that the incidence of "routine" (i.e. non-therapeutic) circumcision was estimated at ten percent of newborn boys.<ref name-"acp1996>{{REFweb | |||
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|title=Routine circumcision of normal male infants and boys | |||
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|publisher=Australian College of Paediatrics | |||
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|date=1996-05-27 | |||
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