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→Prolongation of an outmoded, harmful, surgical amputation: Amend text.
==Prolongation of an outmoded, harmful, surgical amputation==
Adamant father syndrome is credited with keeping a an outmoded, medically-unnecessary, non-therapeutic surgical procedure alive. For example, in Australia, the medical authorities announced in 1971 that circumcision is not necessary and should not be performed,<ref name="belmaine1971">{{REFjournal
|last=Belmaine
|first=SP
|url=http://www.cirp.org/library/statements/apa1971/
|accessdate=2020-07-29
}}</ref> however, in 20162018, [[Circumcision Info Australia| Circumcision Information Australia]] reported that four percent of Australian boys are still being circumcised, apparently because their fathers are circumcised. The drop in circumcision incidence was credited to fewer fathers being circumcised.<ref>{{REFweb
|url=http://www.circinfo.org/news_2018.html#fall
|title=Foreskins rule! Australians rush to abandon circumcision