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===Canadian Paediatric Society===
The [[Canadian Paediatric Society]] has issued three statements on non-therapeutic neonatal circumcision. Not one supports the practice.
====1975====
The Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS) took a position against non-therapeutic circumcision of boys in 1975, declaring it to have "no medical indication" and to be an "obsolete operation".<ref name="cps1975">{{REFjournal
|last=Swyer
|first=P.R.
|author-link=
|last2=Boston
|first2=R.W.
|author2-link=
|last3=Murdock
|first3=A.
|author3-link=
|last4=Paré
|first4=C.
|author4-link=
|last5=Rees
|first5=E.
|author5-link=
|last6=Segal
|first6=S.
|author6-link=
|last7=Sinclair
|first7=J.C.
|author7-link=
|etal=no
|title=FN 75 Circumcision in the newborn period
|journal=CPS News Bull Suppl
|location=
|date=1975
|volume=8
|issue=2
|pages=1-2
|url=http://www.cirp.org/library/statements/cps1975/
|quote=
|pubmedID=
|pubmedCID=
|DOI=
|accessdate=2020-06-27
}}</ref>
====1996====
The [https://www.cps.ca/ Canadian Paediatric Society] (1996) stated:
|accessdate=2020-06-25
}}</ref></blockquote>
====2015====
The CPS again considered non-therapeutic infant circumcision in 2015. The CPS stated:
<blockquote>While there may be a benefit for some boys in high-risk populations and circumstances where the procedure could be considered for disease reduction or treatment, the Canadian Paediatric Society does not recommend the routine circumcision of every newborn male.<ref name="cps2015">{{REFjournal
|last=Sorokin
|first=S. Todd
|author-link=
|last2=Finlay
|first2=J.C.
|author2-link=
|last3=Jeffries
|first3=A.L.
|author3-link=
|etal=yes
|title=Newborn male circumcision
|journal=Paediatr Child Health
|location=
|date=2015-08
|volume=20
|issue=6
|pages=311-20
|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4578472/
|quote=
|pubmedID=26435672
|pubmedCID=4578472
|DOI=10.1093/pch/20.6.311
|accessdate=2020-06-27
}}</ref>
</blockquote>
===Canadian Urological Association===