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The AAP 2012 Policy Statement on Circumcision states that "Although health benefits are not great enough to recommend routine circumcision for all male newborns, the benefits of circumcision are sufficient to justify access to this procedure for families choosing it and to '''warrant third-party payment''' for circumcision of male newborns. It is important that clinicians routinely inform parents of the health benefits and risks of male newborn circumcision in an unbiased and accurate manner." and "The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists has endorsed this statement."<ref>{{REFweb
| last= | first= | date=2012-08-27 | title=Circumcision Policy Statement | url=http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/130/3/585 | publisher=Pediatrics | accessdate=2012-11-24
}}</ref> Many new born circumcisions are performed by Obstetricians.
== Grants from pro-circumcision interest groups ==
There are pro-circumcision interest groups that give grants to doctors and researchers to "study" and promote circumcision. Organizations that do this include the [[Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation]]. In 2009, [[Schusterman Family Foundation]] gave a grant to mohel and professional infant circumcisor [[Neil Pollock]] to promote infant circumcision in Rwanda,<ref name='marketwire 2009-02-24'>{{REFnews
| last=Millman | first=N. Michael | coauthors= | url=http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/BC-Surgeon-Joins-Fight-Against-Sub-Saharan-Aids-953409.htm | title=BC Surgeon Joins Fight Against Sub-Saharan AIDS | date=2009-02-24 | publisher=marketwire | quote=...much of the trip's cost was covered by grant money from Canadian Institutes of Health Research and funding from the Shusterman Foundation... | accessdate=2011-04-10
}}</ref> particularly the [[Mogen]] technique, in the name of HIV prevention.