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AAP policies stand for five years unless renewed; this policy expired in 2017 and has ''not'' been renewed or reaffirmed. Currently, the AAP does ''not'' have a circumcision policy.
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== Task Force on Circumcision 1999 ==
Members of the Task Force on circumcision 1998-1999<ref>{{REFweb
|quote=Task Force on Circumcision 1999
|url=http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/103/3/686.full.pdf+html
|title=Circumcision Policy Statement 1999
|last=
|first=
|publisher=American Academy of Pediatrics
|website=United States of America
|date=
|accessdate=2012-09-26
}}</ref>
{{Citation
|Title=Summary of Policy Statement 1999
|Text=Existing scientific evidence demonstrates potential medical benefits of newborn male circumcision; however, these data are not sufficient to recommend routine neonatal circumcision. In the case of circumcision, in which there are potential benefits and risks, yet the procedure is not essential to the child’s current well-being, parents should determine what is in the best interest of the child. To make an informed choice, parents of all male infants should be given accurate and unbiased information and be provided the opportunity to discuss this decision. It is legitimate for parents to take into account cultural, religious, and ethnic traditions, in addition to the medical factors, when making this decision. Analgesia is safe and effective in reducing the procedural pain associated with circumcision; therefore, if a decision for circumcision is made, procedural analgesia should be provided. If circumcision is performed in the newborn period, it should only be done on infants who are stable and healthy.
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* Carole M. Lannon, {{MD}}, {{MPH}}, Chairperson
* Ann Geryl Doll Bailey, {{MD}}
* Alan R. Fleischman, {{MD}}
* George W. Kaplan, {{MD}}
* Craig T. Shoemaker, {{MD}}
* Jack T. Swanson, {{MD}}
* Donald Coustan, {{MD}}
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{{AAP Policy expired}} The decision to create a new Circumcision Policy Statement was taken in 2008, jointly with two other medical trade associations of doctors who perform and profit from circumcisions, the [[American Academy of Family Physicians]] and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. The obvious goal of the Task Force was preservation of [[third-party payment]], which accounts for the presence of Steven Wegner, {{MD}}, {{JD}}, representing the AAP Committee on Child Health Financing.<ref name="doc2013">{{REFweb
|url=https://www.doctorsopposingcircumcision.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/commentary-on-american-academy-of-pediatrics-2012-circumcision-policy-statement.pdf
|title=Commentary on American Academy of Pediatrics 2012 Circumcision Policy Statement
|first=
|author-link=
|publisher=[[Doctors Opposing Circumcision(D.O.C.)]]
|website=
|date=2013-04
|format=PDF
|quote=
}}</ref> <ref name="jones2022">{{REFweb
|url=https://www.circumcisionisafraud.com/foia-request-sheds-new-light-on-aaps-motivations
|title=FOIA request sheds new light on AAP's motivations
|last=Jones
|first=Ryan
|init=
|author-link=Ryan Jones
|website=Circumcision is a Fraud
|date=2022-02-07
|accessdate=2022-08-27
}}</ref>
==2012 Circumcision Policy Statement==
The Circumcision Policy Statement had two major goals, which were to create excuses to carry out medically unnecessary, non-therapeutic [[circumcision ]] of boys and to protect [[third-party payment]] for doing so. The statement was extremely slanted and biased in favor of non-therapeutic circumcision.
The 2012 Circumcision Policy Statement received unrelenting critical comment from many sources, because of its significant omissions of the [[Foreskin#Physiological_functions| function of the foreskin]], [[human rights]] issues, defective medical ethics, inaccurate medical information, and many other reasons.<ref name="doc2013" /> <ref name="frisch2013">{{REFjournal
|last=Frisch
|first=Morten
|DOI=10.1542/peds.2012-2896
|accessdate=2020-04-07
}}</ref> <ref>{{REFjournal
|last=Svoboda
|first=J. Steven
|DOI=10.1136/medethics-2013-101346
|accessdate=2021-07-30
}}</ref> <ref>{{REFdocument
|title=Commentary on American Academy of Pediatrics 2012 Circumcision Policy Statemeni
|url=https://www.doctorsopposingcircumcision.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/commentary-on-american-academy-of-pediatrics-2012-circumcision-policy-statement.pdf
|last=
|first=
|publisher=[[Doctors Opposing Circumcision(D.O.C.)]]
|format=PDF
|date=2013-04-01
|accessdate=2021-07-30
}}</ref> <ref>{{REFjournal
|last=Darby
|first=Robert
|accessdate=2020-04-16
}}</ref>
== Task Force on Circumcision 2012 ==
* [[Susan_Blank|Susan Blank]], {{MD}}, {{MPH}}, Chairperson
* [[Michael Brady]], {{MD}}, Representing the Committee on Pediatric [[AIDS]]* Ellen Buerk, {{MD}}, Representing the AAP Board of Directors* Waldemar Carlo, {{MD}}, Representing the AAP Committee on [[Fetus ]] and Newborn* [[Douglas_Diekema|Douglas Diekema]], {{MD}}, {{MPH}}, Representing the AAP Committee on Bioethics* [[Andrew_Freedman|Andrew Freedman]], {{MD}}, Representing the AAP Section on Urology
* Lynne Maxwell, {{MD}}, Representing the AAP Section on Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
* Steven Wegner, {{MD}}, {{JD}}, Representing the AAP Committee on Child Health Financing
=== Liaisons ===
* Charles LeBaron, {{MD}} – [[Centers_for_Disease_Control|Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]]
* Lesley Atwood, {{MD}} – American Academy of Family Physicians
=== Consultants ===
* Susan K. Flinn, {{MA }} – Medical Writer
* Esther C. Janowsky, {{MD}}, {{PhD}}
=== Staff ===
* Edward P. Zimmerman, MS
{{SEEALSO}}
* [[American Academy of Pediatrics]]
* [[AAP Circumcision Task Force 2019]]
{{LINKS}}