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== "Anti-circumcision bias" ==
Advocates of [[circumcision]] may claim there is an "anti-circumcision bias" in research and in public health policy. They support their claim only with their judgment that substantial medical evidence favors their view.<ref>[[{{REFjournal |first=E. |last=Schoen |author-link=Edgar J. Schoen | Schoen E]], [[first2=T. |last2=Wiswell |author2-link=Thomas E. Wiswell | Wiswell T]], last3=Moses |first3=S. |title=New policy on circumcision: Cause for concern. '' |trans-title=Neue Beschneidungspolitik: Anlass zur Sorge |language=Englisch |journal=Pediatrics'' |date=2000; |volume=105: |pages=620-623.}}</ref> It is significant that circumcision advocates never offer any rationale or research to explain why someone would have an anti-circumcision bias and why, for example, some circumcised men, Jews, and doctors who performed routine circumcisions (and stopped) would adopt a position opposing circumcision that is not evidence-based.<ref>{{REFweb
|quote=Circumcision was more often supported by doctors who were circumcised.
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