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|quote=As they saying goes, follow the money. Now you know why neither the American Academy of PediatriciansPediatrics, American Medical Association, American Academy of Family Physicians, or the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists haven’t condemned this unnecessary surgery, and why their physician members are quick to recommend the procedure to expectant parents.
}}</ref> Non-therapeutic circumcision of boys has become the proverbial Goose that Lays Golden Eggs,<ref>{{REFweb
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}}</ref> so there is intense interest in keeping the Goose alive.
Several state Medicaid stopped paying for non-therapeutic circumcision in the early in the 21st Century. It is believed that this caused alarm in the circumcision industry. Shortly after ''The Lancet'' published two reports on randomized controlled trials (RCTs) from sub-Saharan Africa, it was announced that the AAP would take the lead, in association with the ACOG and the AAFP, in developing a new circumcision policy for America.
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