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The RACP has had declined to recommend non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] of boysin its now replaced 2010 statement.<ref name="racp2010">{{REFdocument
|title=Circumcision of Infant Males
|url=https://www.racp.edu.au//docs/default-source/advocacy-library/circumcision-of-infant-males.pdf?sfvrsn=eaa32f1a_10
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|last=Anonymous
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|publisher=The Royal Australasian College of Physicians
== RACP 2022 statement ==
There really was nothing wrong with the 2010 RACP statement on circumcision of infant males that required change. The RACP evidently had a change of policy that it would promote [[circumcision]] to the Australasian public at the cost of additional [[pain]], [[trauma]], and loss of [[Foreskin#Physiological_functions| physiological function]] to infant boys in [[Australia]] and [[New Zealand]].
The current RACP statement on circumcision of infant males<ref name="RACP2022">{{REFdocument
|url=https://www.racp.edu.au//docs/default-source/advocacy-library/racp-circumcision-of-infant-males-position-statement.pdf?sfvrsn=92edd11a_4
|title=Circumcision of Infant Males
|date=2022-12
|last=[[RACP]]
|format=PDF
|accessdate=2023-06-07
}}</ref> as of December 2022 states:
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Thus, the RACP recognizes that [[circumcision ]] of male children is medically unnecessary in general. They do not, however, recognize the child's right to be protected against an arbitrary choice by the parents for this circumcision, as [[Jonathan Meddings]] commented in January 2023.<ref>{{REFweb
|url=https://jonathanmeddings.medium.com/the-racp-has-updated-its-position-on-circumcision-and-it-isnt-good-dbcb70ff20d5
|title=The RACP has updated its position on circumcision
}}</ref> So the RACP clearly does '''not''' protect children from not required surgery.
The RACP is a [[medical trade association]] so it has a duty to promote the business of its physician members, which includes medically-unnecessary, non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] of infant boys. The 2022 statement, ''Circumcision of Infant Males'', fulfills its duty to promote circumcision. The statement is typical of other promotional [[Medical_trade_association#Statements_regarding_male_circumcision| statements regarding male circumcision]] from medical trade associations and has the usual omissions. Notably, the statement omits mention of the death of a boy in Perth the previous year and the statement by Dr. Duncan-Smith of the Australian Medical Association should be done only for a medical indication.<ref>{{REFnews
|url=https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10293843/Circumcision-warning-two-year-old-dies-brother-bleeds-Western-Australia.html
|title=Parents are warned against circumcising their children after a toddler, 2, died 'of a reaction to anaesthetic' and his baby brother almost bled out
|last=Wondracz
|first=Aidan
|init=A
|publisher=Daily Mail
|date=2021-12-09
|accessdate=2023-11-17
}}</ref>
In a glaring display of medical ineptitude, the 2022 RACP statement cited the 2012 [[American Academy of Pediatrics]] statement, which had expired five years before in 2017 and no longer was an official statement. One should also be aware of the citation of papers by circumcision promoter [[Brian Morris]].
The RACP evidently wanted to do what it could to increase the revenue of its members from infant [[circumcision]] and to shift responsibilty for the certain injury from the surgeon to the parents.
{{SEEALSO}}
* [[Australia]]
* [[Circumcision Info Australia]]
* [[Circumcision study flaws]]
* [[New Zealand]]
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* [{{URLwebsite|https://www.racp.edu.au/ The Royal Australasian College of Physicians]|2023-11-17}}
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