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Although the 1989 statement speaks favorably about non-therapeutic circumcision of infant boys, a careful reading shows that it does not actually recommend [[circumcision]],<ref name="aap1989"/> perhaps for avoidance of legal liability.
The statement was not well received. Professor [[Ronald L. Poland]], a member of the task force, published a dissent in the ''New England Journal of Medicine''.<ref name="poland1990">{{REFjournal
|last=Poland
|first=Ronald L.