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===Late twentieth century===
[[Abraham Ravich]] (1951) falsely claimed that [[circumcision]] prevents [[cervical cancer]] in women.<ref name="ravitch1951">{{Ravich1951}}</ref>
Hollister, Inc. formally introduced the [[Plastibell]] circumcision device in 1953.<ref name=Miller1953>{{REFjournal
|last=Miller
|init=RL
|last2=Snyder
|init2=DC
|date=1953-01
|title=Immediate circumcision of the newborn male
|journal=Am. J. Obstet. Gynecol.
|volume=65
|issue=1
|pages=1-11
|url=https://europepmc.org/article/MED/13016660
|quote=
|pubmedID=13016660
|accessdate=2021-10-10
}}</ref>
The Congress of the United States created the Medicaid program in 1965. Medicaid is a joint federal/state program that pays the medical expenses of low-income Americans. Medicaid pays for medically-unnecessary, non-therapeutic circumcision in most states, although it appears to be a violation of law to do so.<ref name="adler2011">{{REFjournal