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The policy cited the 1970 landmark paper by E. Routine circumcision of the newborn is an unnecessary procedure. It provides questionable benefits and is associated with a small but definite incidence of complications and hazards. These risks are preventable if the operation is not performed unless truly medically indicated. Circumcision of the newborn is a procedure that should no longer be considered routine.Noel Preston as its authority.<ref name="preston1970">{{REFjournal
|last=Preston
|first=E. Noel
|init=
|author-link=
|etal=no
|title=Whither the foreskin?
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|language=
|journal=JAMA
|location=
|date=1970-09
|volume=213
|issue=11
|article=
|page=
|pages=1853-8
|url=http://www.cirp.org/library/general/preston/
|archived=
|quote=Routine circumcision of the newborn is an unnecessary procedure. It provides questionable benefits and is associated with a small but definite incidence of complications and hazards. These risks are preventable if the operation is not performed unless truly medically indicated. Circumcision of the newborn is a procedure that should no longer be considered routine.
|pubmedID=5468911
|pubmedCID=
|DOI=10.1001/jama.213.11.1853
|accessdate=2021-07-23
}}</ref>
===Second policy (1975)===