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== Task Force on Circumcision 1999 ==
Members of the Task Force on circumcision 1998-1999<ref>{{REFweb
|quote=Task Force on Circumcision 1999
|url=http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/103/3/686.full.pdf+html
|title=Circumcision Policy Statement 1999
|last=
|first=
|publisher=American Academy of Pediatrics
|website=United States of America
|date=
|accessdate=2012-09-26
}}</ref>
{{Citation
|Title=Summary of Policy Statement 1999
|Text=Existing scientific evidence demonstrates potential medical benefits of newborn male circumcision; however, these data are not sufficient to recommend routine neonatal circumcision. In the case of circumcision, in which there are potential benefits and risks, yet the procedure is not essential to the child’s current well-being, parents should determine what is in the best interest of the child. To make an informed choice, parents of all male infants should be given accurate and unbiased information and be provided the opportunity to discuss this decision. It is legitimate for parents to take into account cultural, religious, and ethnic traditions, in addition to the medical factors, when making this decision. Analgesia is safe and effective in reducing the procedural pain associated with circumcision; therefore, if a decision for circumcision is made, procedural analgesia should be provided. If circumcision is performed in the newborn period, it should only be done on infants who are stable and healthy.
|Author=
|Source=
|ref=<ref>http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/103/3/686.full.pdf+html</ref>
}}
* Carole M. Lannon, {{MD}}, {{MPH}}, Chairperson
* Ann Geryl Doll Bailey, {{MD}}
* Alan R. Fleischman, {{MD}}
* [[George W. Kaplan]], {{MD}}
* Craig T. Shoemaker, {{MD}}
* Jack T. Swanson, {{MD}}
* Donald Coustan, {{MD}}
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extracted 2019 content to new article: AAP Circumcision Task Force 2019
The Circumcision Policy Statement had two major goals, which were to create excuses to carry out medically unnecessary, non-therapeutic circumcision of boys and to protect [[third-party payment]] for doing so. The statement was extremely slanted and biased in favor of non-therapeutic circumcision.
The 2012 Circumcision Policy Statement received unrelenting critical comment from many sources, because of its significant omissions of the function of the foreskin, [[human rights]] issues, defective medical ethics, inaccurate medical information, and many other reasons.<ref name="doc2013" /> <ref name="frisch2013">{{REFjournal
|last=Frisch
|first=Morten
|DOI=10.1542/peds.2012-2896
|accessdate=2020-04-07
}}</ref> <ref>{{REFjournal
|last=Svoboda
|first=J. Steven
|DOI=10.1136/medethics-2013-101346
|accessdate=2021-07-30
}}</ref> <ref>{{REFdocument
|title=Commentary on American Academy of Pediatrics 2012 Circumcision Policy Statemeni
|url=https://www.doctorsopposingcircumcision.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/commentary-on-american-academy-of-pediatrics-2012-circumcision-policy-statement.pdf
|date=2013-04-01
|accessdate=2021-07-30
}}</ref> <ref>{{REFjournal
|last=Darby
|first=Robert
=== Liaisons ===
* Charles LeBaron, {{MD}} – [[Centers_for_Disease_Control|Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]]
* Lesley Atwood, {{MD}} – American Academy of Family Physicians
=== Consultants ===
* Susan K. Flinn, {{MA}} – Medical Writer
* Esther C. Janowsky, {{MD}}, {{PhD}}
=== Staff ===
* Edward P. Zimmerman, MS
{{SEEALSO}}
* [[American Academy of Pediatrics]]
* [[AAP Circumcision Task Force 2019]]
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