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Position statements on infant circumcision

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The circumcision policies of American medical trade associations are currently in chaos.
The three trade associations, whose member profit by carrying out non-therapeutic circumcision of boys formed a pact in 2008 2007 to create a circumcision statement that would protect [[third-party payment]] for non-therapeutic circumcision. The three trade associations are:
• American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG)
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) would take the lead and create a task force to draft a new statement. It would have representatives from AAFP and ACOG. The intent of the AAP, ACOG, and AAFP is made clear by the appointment of a medical insurance specialist Steven Wegner, MD, JD, representing the AAP Committee on Child Health Financing, to the task force. The AAP released its two-part statement<ref name="2012policy">{{REFjournal |last=Task Force on Circumcision |etal=no |title=Circumcision Policy Statement |trans-title= |language=English |journal=Pediatrics |location= |date=2012-09 |volume=130 |issue=3 |pages=585-6 |url=http://www.cirp.org/library/statements/ |archived= |quote= |pubmedID=22926180 |pubmedCID= |DOI=10.1542/peds.2012-1989 |accessdate=2020-08-26}}</ref> <ref name="2012technicalreport">{{REFjournal |last=Task Force on Circumcision |etal=no |title=Male circumcision |trans-title= |language=English |journal=Pediatrics |location= |date=2012-09 |volume=130 |issue=3 |pages=e756-e785 |url=https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/pediatrics/130/3/e756.full.pdf |archived= |quote= |pubmedID=22926175 |pubmedCID= |DOI=10.1542/peds.2012-1990 |accessdate=2020-06-26}}</ref> in 2012 and it was immediately endorsed by ACOG and AAFP, who put up similar statements on their websites.
The AAP released its two-part statement in 2012 and it was immediately endorsed by ACOG and AAFP, who put up similar statements on their websites.
The statement immediately received withering critical comment from many sources, including [[Doctors Opposing Circumcision]], an association of European doctors,<ref>{{REFjournal
|last=Frisch
|DOI=10.1542/peds.2012-2896
|accessdate=2025-06-25
}}</ref> and others.<ref>{{REFjournal
|last=Steven
|first=JS
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