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Add statement from College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia.
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The College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia has issued three guidances for its members regarding non-therapeutic male circumcision. The most recent (2009) says in part:
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You are not obliged to act upon a request to circumcise an infant, but you must discuss the medical evidence and the current thoughts in bioethics that dissuade you from performing this procedure. You must also inform the parents that they have the right to see another physician.<ref>{{REFdocument
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The CPS again considered infant circumcision in 2015. The CPS stated: