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The American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Medical Association, the American Academy of Family Physicians, and the American Urological Association all do not recommend circumcision, but deceptively claim "potential" benefits. (The word ''potential'' means to exist in possibility, but ''not'' in actuality,<ref>{{REFweb
|url=https://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/potential
|title=Potential
|publisher=The Free Dictionary by Farlex.
|website=https://medical-dictionary
}}</ref> so a "''potential'' benefit" is an imaginary benefit.)
The trend of opinion on non-therapeutic male circumcision is overwhelmingly negative in industrialized nations. No respected medical board in the world recommends circumcision for infants, not even in the name of [[HIV ]] prevention. They must all point to the risks, and they must all state that there is no convincing evidence that the benefits outweigh these risks. To do otherwise would be to take an unfounded position against the best medical authorities of the West.
== United States of America ==
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The statement immediately received scathing, withering critical comment from many sources,<ref>{{REFweb
|url=http://www.circumstitions.com/news/news48.html#aap12
|title=Intactivism News
|last=Young
|first=Hugh
}}</ref> including [[Doctors Opposing Circumcision]],<ref>{{REFweb
|url=https://www.doctorsopposingcircumcision.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/commentary-on-american-academy-of-pediatrics-2012-circumcision-policy-statement.pdf
|title=Commentary on American Academy of Pediatrics2012 Circumcision Policy Statement
|publisher=Doctors Opposing Circumcision
|website=www.doctorsopposingcircumcision.org
|pages=796-800
|url=https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/131/4/796
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|url=https://www.arclaw.org/wp-content/uploads/Svoboda-Van-Howe-Out-of-Step-Fatal-Flaws-in-AAP...-JME-2013.pdf
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|url=https://www.bma.org.uk/media/1847/bma-non-therapeutic-male-circumcision-of-children-guidance-2019.pdf
|quote=Doctors can refuse to perform NTMC if they do not believe it is in the overall best interests of a child. Doctors are under no obligation to comply with a request to circumcise a child. In these circumstances, doctors should explain this to the child and his parents, and, if appropriate, explain their right to seek a second opinion.
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The [https://www.nhs.uk/ National Health Service] performs circumcision only for medical reasons. It does not offer non-therapeutic circumcision.<ref name="nhs2018">{{REFweb
|url=https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/circumcision-in-boys/
|title=Circumcision in Boys
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* {{REFweb
|url=https://www.doctorsopposingcircumcision.org/for-professionals/medical-organization-statements/
|title=Medical Organization Statements
|publisher=Doctors Opposing Circumcision
|website=www.doctorsopposingcircumcision.org