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Susan Black is an outstanding example of Jewish doctors who promote non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] of boys for specious medical reasons.
==Fate of the 2012 AAP Circumcision Policy Statement==
The 2012 Circumcision Policy Statement received unrelenting critical comment from many sources, because of its significant omissions of the [[Foreskin#Physiological_functions| function of the foreskin]], [[human rights]] issues, defective medical ethics, inaccurate medical information, and many other reasons.<ref name="doc2013">{{REFweb
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AAP policies stand for five years unless renewed; this policy expired in 2017 and has ''not'' been renewed or reaffirmed. Currently, the AAP does ''not'' have a circumcision policy. This attempt to promote non-therapeutic circumcision in the [[United States]] backfired and results in a continually declining incidence of unnecessary non-therapeutic [[circumcision]].
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