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| data3 = [[Daniel Halperin]]
| data4 = [[Edgar J. Schoen]]
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|accessdate=2011-09-17
}}</ref> In 2011, Sherman introduced the so-called "[http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d112:h2400: Religious and Parental Rights Defense Act of 2011]" (H.R. 2400) in the House of Representatives, the first pro-[[circumcision ]] bill in the history of the United States of America.<ref name="shermans bill">{{REFweb
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|url=http://bradsherman.house.gov/2011/06/sherman-to-introduce-bill-to-protect-male-circumcision.shtml
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By codifying statements that no medical organization in and outside of the United States has ever dared to make, Sherman's bill takes an unfounded position against the best medical authorities of the West, within and outside of the United States. The trend of opinion on routine male circumcision is so overwhelmingly negative in industrialized nations that it would be quite surprising were male circumcision to be recommended in the United States. No respected U.S. based medical board recommends circumcision for U.S. infants, not even in the name of [[HIV ]] prevention. They all point to the risks, and they all state that there is no convincing evidence that the benefits outweigh these risks.
Regarding hygiene, according the "Circumcision Policy Statement" produced by the "Task Force on Circumcision" appointed by the American Academy of Pediatrics, which was published in Pediatrics in 1999 and reaffirmed on September 1, 2005, "there is little evidence to affirm the association between circumcision status and optimal penile hygiene".<ref>{{REFjournal
|last=Bcheraoui
|first=Charbel El
|init=CE
|last2=Zhang
|first2=Xinjian
|last2init2=ZhangX |last3=Shinde
|first3=Sanjyot
|last3init3=ShindeS |last4=Kilmarx
|first4=Peter H.
|last4init4=PH |author4-link=Peter Kilmarx |last5=Chen
|first5=Robert T.
|last5init5=ChenRT |last6=Owings
|first6=Maria
|last6init6=OwingsM
|date=2011-09-02
|title=Trends in In-Hospital Newborn Male Circumcision --- United States, 1999--2010
|journal=Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
|volume=60
|quote=Incidence of newborn male circumcision decreased...
|accessdate=2011-09-24
}}</ref> At [[AIDS ]] 2010, Vienna, the CDC had announced that the circumcision rate dropped to 32.5% in 2009.<ref>{{REFnews
|last=Rabin
|first=Roni Caryn
|url=http://www.salon.com/life/feature/2010/06/02/fgm_genital_nick
|title=Female genital mutilation in the U.S.: No compromise
|date=2010-02-16-02
|publisher=The Associated Press (Salon Media Group, Inc)
|quote=Have you ever seen a male circumcision? Surely if we condone that then a simple nick of the prepuce is a tiny price to pay to prevent something more extreme [...]
{{SEEALSO}}
* [[Mike Gatto]] -- — Pro-circumcision California Representative (worked for Sherman for 5 years).* [[User:Mazzera/Committee for Parental Choice and Religious Freedom|Committee for ''Parental Choice'' and ''Religious Freedom'']] -- — A group dedicated to California's pro-circumcision bill.* [[Daniel Halperin]] -- — Spoke in support of California's pro-circumcision bill.* [[Edgar J. Schoen]] -- — Spoke in support of California's pro-circumcision bill.* [[Abrahamic covenant]]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14ltNYrScjc Brad Sherman Loses His Cool With A Constituent] -- — A questioner asks Sherman about his conflicts of interest.
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