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The '''American Academy of Pediatrics''' (AAP) is a [[medical trade association]] of American pediatricians, headquartered in Elk Grove Village, Illinois. Almost all U.S. pediatricians are members.
The AAP advances the financial and business interests of its members. Hundreds of millions of dollars are paid out by [[Third-party payment| third-parties]] to physicians, including pediatricians, obstetricians, and family physicians to provide medically unnecessary non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] of minor boys. Their slogan is: "Dedicated to the Health of All Children," however the protection of the income of its fellows ("members") overrides their duties to children. Preservation of that income stream has always been a fundamental policy of the AAP.<ref name="abraham2025">{{REFweb |url=https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/op-ed-american-academy-of-pediatrics-has-lost-its-way/ |title=Op-Ed: American Academy of Pediatrics Has Lost Its Way |last=Abraham |first= |init=RL |author-link=Ralph Abraham |publisher=Children's Health Defense |date=2025-09-04 |accessdate=2025-09-08}}</ref>
The AAP has not recognized the [[human rights]] of children that were granted by the ''International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights'' (1966) and the ''Convention on the Rights of the Child'' (1989), nor has it recognized the legal right of children to [[physical integrity]].
The position of the AAP has varied over time, but at certain times it has been a leading advocate of medically-unnecessary [[genital mutilation]] of boys.
The AAP publishes [https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/ Pediatrics].
The AAP is the nation's leading child care organization, but it has taken no action to educate its pediatrician members and other doctors on the [https://en.intactiwiki.org/wiki/Foreskin_Care_for_Boys proper care of the infant foreskin], so as to avoid [[iatrogenic]] injury of boys.
== AAP discards its former Circumcision Policy Statement ==
In the [[AAP]]'s 2012 Circumcision Task force report, the issues of sensitivity reduction were given obligatory mention but largely glossed over, and little space was devoted to the topic. The 2012 Task Force Report received [[American_Academy_of_Pediatrics#Criticism| overwhelmingly heavy critical comment]]. The purpose of the disastrous, now expired AAP 2012 report was to encourage neonatal non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] and [[third-party payment]] so little or nothing was said about the multiple functions of the [[foreskin]].<ref name="hill2013">{{REFdocument
|title=Commentary on American Academy of Pediatrics 2012 Circumcision Policy Statement
|url=https://www.doctorsopposingcircumcision.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/commentary-on-american-academy-of-pediatrics-2012-circumcision-policy-statement.pdf
|contribution=
|last=Hill
|first=George
|publisher=[[Doctors Opposing Circumcision (D.O.C.)]]
|format=PDF
|date=2013-04-01
|accessdate=2022-04-02
}}</ref> The failed 2012 AAP Circumcision Policy expired in 2017 and has not been re-affirmed or re-validated in any way. The AAP currently has ''no'' circumcision policy and does ''not'' recommend [[circumcision]] of boys, but does not inform the public of the [[pain]], [[trauma]], and permanent loss of foreskin [[Foreskin#Physiological_functions| physiological function]] caused by [[circumcision]].
== American Academy of Pediatrics Lawsuit ==
* [[AAFP]]
* [[ACOG]]
* [[Child circumcision]]
* [[Circumcision study flaws]]
* [[Ethical and factual issues with Circumcision: A Parent's Choice]]
* [[Financial incentive]]
* [[Pain Petition to the American Academy of Pediatrics]]
* [[Penis]]
* [[Position statements on infant circumcision]]
|date=2017-03-07
|accessdate=2021-04-02
}}
* {{REFweb
|url=https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/op-ed-american-academy-of-pediatrics-has-lost-its-way/
|title=Op-Ed: American Academy of Pediatrics Has Lost Its Way
|last=Abraham
|first=Ralph
|init=
|author-link=Ralph Abraham
|publisher=Children's Health Defense
|date=2025-09-04
|accessdate=2025-09-07
}}
* [http://www.aap.org/ AAP.org] - American Academy of Pediatrics (Official Website)
==Video==
===Gender, Genital Alteration, and Bodily Harm===
<youtube>https://youtu.be/SB-2aQoTQeA</youtube>
===Exposing the AAP: The Medical Fraud Behind Circumcision===<youtube>v=uM-kJdEmScU</youtube>===This should be a crime===<youtube>v=ob4OADNIidc</youtube>{{LINKS}}* {{REFnews |title=Experts Who Shaped U.S. Circumcision Policy Now Voice Doubts |url=https://natlawreview.com/press-releases/experts-who-shaped-us-circumcision-policy-now-voice-doubts |last=Anonymous |first= |init= |author-link= |last2= |init2= |author2-link= |publisher=National Law Review |website= |date=2025-10-24 |accessdate=2025-10-24 |format= |quote=}}
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