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== AAP Presentation presentation ==
At the 2012 AAP National Conference & Exhibition in New Orleans, Dr. Yves Homsy presented conducted a workshop called "X4065 Pros & Cons of Doing Circumcisions". The session was described as follows: "This session aims to explain what one needs to do in order to set up a program to do neonatal circumcisions and how one can become an expert circumciser."<ref>{{REFweb
}}</ref> Screenshot<ref>Archive (2012-10-03): http://www.circleaks.org/index.php?title=File:AAP_Homsy.pdf</ref>
=== Misleading Abstract abstract ===
While the abstract for the workshop described it as aiming "to explain what one needs to do in order to set up a program to do neonatal circumcisions and how one can become an expert circumciser," an attending physician by name of Daniel Flanders sent live Tweets from the workshop, relaying that the presentation was not going as described in the abstract. According to Flanders, "The lecture was not as described in the program. Focus was on medically necessary circ."<ref>{{REFnews
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=== Homsy Lends Support lends support to Circumcision Opponents circumcision opponents ===
According to Daniel Flanders, an attendee at the workshop described above, Yves Homsy told the audience that "Those who oppose circumcision are conveying an important message and their voices should be heard."<ref>{{REFnews
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|Title=Under The Knife
|Text="Yes, you can stretch skin on the penile shaft -- but only asan asan adult, not as a child, but it's really time-consuming and you must reallywant it (a restored foreskin) to do it."
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|Source=Toronto Star