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===Fourth policy (1999)===
The American Academy of Pediatrics had been acutely embarrassed by the faults of [[Edgar J. Schoen| Edgar Schoen]]'s horrific circumcision policy statement, so a new task force was convened under the direction of Carole Marie Lannon, {{MD}}, {{MPH}}, to produce a new, more appropriate, and less embarrassing policy statement on non-therapeutic child circumcision.
The AAP asserted in their 1999 Circumcision Policy Statement that parents have a right to decide to circumcise their children based on cultural or religious factors (although they removed any mention of esthetics as a possible parental motivation, despite previous inclusion in their 1989 statement). No further substantiation of this right was offered. Whether or not a medical benefit was required for parents to make this choice was also not addressed. <br>
The AAP allied itself with the [[American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists| American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists]] (ACOG) and the [[American Academy of Family Physicians]] (AAFP) to produce a new circumcision policy that would claim a medical benefit. A new task force was named with [[Susan Blank]], a doctor with pro-circumcision credentials as chairwoman. The task force was an unusually large eight-member task force with an unusual constitution. It included:
* Ellen Buerk, {{MD}}, representing the board of directors of the AAP. * [[Michael Brady]], {{MD}}, a HIV specialist with pro-circumcision views.* Waldemar Carlo, {{MD}}, a specialist in the care of the newborn.
* [[Andrew Freedman]], a Jewish urologist from Los Angeles who circumcised his own son on the kitchen table.
* [[Douglas Diekema]], a pediatric medical ethicist.
* Lynne Maxwell, {{MD}}, a pain control specialist.* Steven Wegner, {{MD}}, JD, a medical insurance specialist, who evidently was appointed to the task force to preserve and protect [[third-party payment]].
The addition of a member to represent the board of directors and an insurance specialist was most unusual and illustrates the importance that the administration of the AAP placed on preservation and protection of [[third-party payment]].
The task force also included representatives from other pro-circumcision organizations:
* Charles LeBaron, {{MD}}, representing the [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]], where [[Bias| biased]] doctors had been working to produce a pro-circumcision policy since 2008.* Sabrina Craigo, {{MD}}, representing the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, whose fellows make extra money by performing non-therapeutic circumcisions on newborn baby boys.* Lesley Atwood, {{MD}}, representing the [[American Academy of Family Physicians]]. whose fellows also make extra money by performing non-therapeutic circumcision.
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