Pain Petition to the American Academy of Pediatrics
Intact America has introduced a petition to the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) which calls for the AAP to stop the pain of circumcision by telling its many members to stop performing the outmoded but still common medically-unnecessary, non-therapeutic circumcision of newborn boys.[1]
The petition is located on the change.org website.[2]
Background
The AAP published its last circumcision policy statement on 1 September 2012. It was designed to promote the circumcision industry from which many pediatricians, obstetricians, and family doctors derive substantial income. The statement was egregiously inaccurate and biased, so it received huge amounts of criticism. It was a total embarrassment to a professional organization so it was allowed to expire without being affirmed after 5 years (31 August 2017). In spite of its expired status and admittedly misleading information, the AAP continues to maintain the statement on its website, apparently to promote the business of circumcision for its members' increased profit.[3]
The AAP protects the income of its members by failing to apply general medical principles of human rights, medical ethics, and pain control to circumcision.
See also
References
- ↑
Chapin, Georganne (21 February 2016). Petition to American Academy of Pediatrics: Please Sign to END THE PAIN!
, Intact America. Retrieved 16 November 2024. - ↑ -.
AAP, Please Protect Our Boys!
, Change.org. Retrieved 16 November 2024. - ↑ -Circumcision Task Force (1 September 2012).
Circumcision Policy Statement
, AAP. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
