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|quote=...The Jewish Week spoke to Dr. Andrew Freedman, a urologist at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.
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}}</ref> He was one of the members of the "circumcision task force" at the [[American Academy of Pediatrics]] (AAP) which released a new policy statement on [[circumcision ]] in 29122012, which alleges alleged that "the benefits outweigh the risks".<ref>{{REFnews
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==Religious Conflict of Interest==
Freedman is Jewish ([[Bias|Why is this important?]]), and has a son whom he [[circumcised ]] himself on his parents' kitchen table on his 8th day of life.<ref>{{REFnews
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|quote=I circumcised him myself on my parents’ kitchen table on the eighth day of his life. But I did it for religious, not medical reasons.
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}}</ref> According to Freedman, the [[AAP]] did not incorporate recommendations on [[Metzitzah Bb'peh ]] (Jewish tradition of oral suction of the wound of a [[circumcised]] baby's penis), because the AAP task force on [[circumcision]] reasoned that there are too few done, and practitioners of the tradition will continue whether the AAP recommended against it or not.<ref>{{REFnews
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== Insight Video ==Freedman participated in the Australian TV debate show "Insight: The First Cut". His statements pro [[circumcision]] can easily may be read in viewed at 16:22 on the transcript right herevideo.
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|url=https://www.sbsyoutube.com.au/news/sites/sbs.com.au.news/files/transcripts/363597_insight_thefirstcut_transcript.htmlwatch?v=kmYq_jVMpeI
|title=Insight, The First Cut - Transcript
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|date=2016-10-29
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==Termination of AAP circumcision policy==
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