AAP Circumcision Task Force 2012
The decision to create a new Circumcision Policy Statement was taken in 2008, jointly with two other medical trade associations of doctors who perform and profit from circumcisions, the American Academy of Family Physicians and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. The obvious goal of the Task Force was preservation of third-party payment, which accounts for the presence of Steven Wegner, M.D.[a 1], JD, representing the AAP Committee on Child Health Financing.[1]
It appears that not a single individual on the Task Force was possessed of a foreskin, a normal male body part, so had no personal knowledge of the foreskin, that is amputated by circumcision, and could not have an opinion informed by experience.
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2012 Circumcision Policy Statement
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 function of the foreskin, human rights issues, and many other things.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
AAP policies stand for five years unless renewed; this policy expired in 2017 and has not been renewed or reaffirmed. Currently, the AAP does not have a circumcision policy.
Task Force on Circumcision 2012
The persons listed here are members of the American Academy of Pediatrics Task Force responsible for the 2012 Policy Statement on Circumcision, as listed at the end of the Policy Statement.[6]
- Susan Blank, M.D.[a 1], M.P.H.[a 2], Chairperson
- Michael Brady, MD, Representing the Committee on Pediatric AIDS
- Ellen Buerk, MD, Representing the AAP Board of Directors
- Waldemar Carlo, MD, Representing the AAP Committee on Fetus and Newborn
- Douglas Diekema, MD, M.P.H.[a 2], Representing the AAP Committee on Bioethics
- Andrew Freedman, MD, Representing the AAP Section on Urology
- Lynne Maxwell, M.D.[a 1], Representing the AAP Section on Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
- Steven Wegner, M.D.[a 1], JD, Representing the AAP Committee on Child Health Financing
Liaisons
- Charles LeBaron, M.D.[a 1] – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Lesley Atwood, M.D.[a 1] – American Academy of Family Physicians
- Sabrina Craigo, M.D.[a 1] – American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
Consultants
- Susan K. Flinn, MA – Medical Writer
- Esther C. Janowsky, M.D.[a 1], PhD
Staff
- Edward P. Zimmerman, MS
See also
External links
(2016). AAP waves white flag as Vikings storm fortress circumcision
, Circinfo.org. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
References
- ↑ a b Staff (April 2013).
Commentary on American Academy of Pediatrics 2012 Circumcision Policy Statement
, Doctors Opposing Circumcision. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
- ↑
Frisch M, Aigrain Y, Barauskas V, et al. Cultural Bias in the AAP’s 2012 Technical Report and Policy Statement on Male Circumcision. Pediatrics. 1 April 2013; 131(4) PMID. DOI. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
- ↑ Svoboda JS, Van Howe RS. Out of step: fatal flaws in the latest AAP policy report on neonatal circumcision. J Med Eth (Published online first). 13 March 2013; 39(7): 434-41. PMID. DOI. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
- ↑
Commentary on American Academy of Pediatrics 2012 Circumcision Policy Statemeni , Doctors Opposing Circumcision. (1 April 2013). Retrieved 30 July 2021.
- ↑ Darby R. Risks, Benefits, Complications and Harms: Neglected Factors in the Current Debate on Non-Therapeutic Circumcision. Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal. April 2015; 25(1): 1-34. PMID. DOI. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
- ↑
Circumcision Policy Statement
, United States of America, American Academy of Pediatrics. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
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