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The [[American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists]] (ACOG) is a [[medical trade association]] that provides a statement on its website to encourage parents to consent to harmful, injurious [[circumcision of the newborn]]. Obstetricians have long been a major factor in the promotion and performance of [[circumcision of the newborn]].
Metcalf et al. (1985) reported that obstetricians carried out 87.7 percent of the circumcisions at the two hospitals surveyed in Utah.<ref>{{REFjournal |last=Metcaalf |first= |init=TJ |author-link= |last2=Osborn |first2= |init2=SM |author2-link= |last3=Mariani |first3= |init3=EM |author3-link= |etal=no |title=Circumcision: A Survey of Current Practices |journal=Clin Pediatr (Phila) |date=1983-08 |volume=22 |issue=8 |pages=575-9 |url=https://www.cirp.org/library/procedure/metcalf/ |archived= |quote= |pubmedID=6861426 |pubmedCID= |DOI=10.1177/000992288302200811 |accessdate=2025-07-08}}</ref> Obstetricians, to get their [[Financial incentive| surgical fee]], must provide a [[circumcision]] within hours of birth, because otherwise, the attending pediatrician will get any the fee for , if a circumcisionis performed later.
===ACOG information for parents===
The infamous 2012 statement for parents appears to have been removed in 2017 at the time that the 2012 [[American Academy of Pediatrics]] Circumcision Policy Statement, on which the previous ACOG statement was based, expired without being re-affirmed.