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|quote=...a ritual nick as a possible compromise to avoid greater harm...
|accessdate=2011-09-27
}}</ref> The AAP had deviated from a much more forceful statement published in 1998, which unequivocally condemned [[FGC ]] in any form.<ref>{{REFjournal
|last=MacReady
|first=Norra
|pages=15
|url=http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(10)61042-2/fulltext
|quote=...the AAP revised a much more forceful statement published in 1998, which unequivocally condemned [[FGC ]] in any form.
|DOI=10.1016/S0140-6736(10)61042-2
|accessdate=2011-09-27
}}</ref>
The AAP wrote the following in their 2010 [[FGC ]] Policy:
{{Citation
|Text=The American Academy of Pediatrics policy statement on newborn male circumcision expresses respect for parental decision-making and acknowledges the legitimacy of including cultural, religious, and ethnic traditions when making the choice of whether to surgically alter a male infant's genitals.<small>(119)</small>
This was a segue into the following sentence:
{{Citation
|Text=But parental rights have limits -- [[FGC ]] is damaging so it should be disallowed. But maybe we should change the law for the mild alterations.<small>(119)</small>
|Author=Committee on Bioethics
|Source=AAP Policy Statement on Ritual Genital Cutting of Female Minors (April, 2010).