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It appears that not a single individual on the Task Force was possessed of a [[foreskin]], a normal male body part, so had no personal knowledge of the foreskin, that is amputated by [[circumcision]], and could not have an informed opinion.
The 2012 Circumcision Policy Statement received unrelenting critical comment from many sources, because of its significant omissions of the function of the foreskin, [[human rights]] issues, and many other things.<ref name="frisch2013">{{REFjournal |last=Frisch |first=Morten |author-link=Morten Frisch |last2=Aigrain |first2=Yves |author2-link= |last3=Barauskas |first3=Vidmontas |author3-link= |etal=yes |title=Cultural Bias in the AAP’s 2012 Technical Report and Policy Statement on Male Circumcision |journal=Pediatrics |location= |date=2013-04-01 |volume=131 |issue=4 |pages= |url=https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/131/4/796.long |quote= |pubmedID=23509170 |pubmedCID= |DOI=10.1542/peds.2012-2896 |accessdate=2020-04-07}}</ref>
AAP policies stand for five years unless renewed; this policy expired in 2017and has not been renewed or reaffirmed. Currently, the AAP does ''not '' have a circumcision policy.
The persons listed here are members of the [[American_Academy_of_Pediatrics|American Academy of Pediatrics]] Task Force responsible for the 2012 Policy Statement on Circumcision, as listed at the end of the Policy Statement.<ref>{{REFweb