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==Position statements of medical societies==
The [[Canadian Paediatric Society]] (CPS) took a position against non-therapeutic circumcision of boys in 1975, declaring it to have "no medical indication" and to be an "obsolete operation".<ref name="cps1975">{{REFjournal |last=Swyer |init=PR |author-link= |last2=Boston |init2=RW |author2-link= |last3=Murdock |init3=A |author3-link= |last4=Paré |init4=C |author4-link= |last5=Rees |init5=E |author5-link= |last6=Segal |init6=S |author6-link= |last7=Sinclair |init7=JC |author7-link= |etal=no |title=FN 75 Circumcision in the newborn period |journal=CPS News Bull Suppl |location= |date=1975 |volume=8 |issue=2 |pages=1-2 |url=http://www.cirp.org/library/statements/cps1975/ |quote= |pubmedID= |pubmedCID= |DOI= |accessdate=2019-10-25}}</ref>
The CPS revisited circumcision in 1996 and recommended, "Circumcision should not be routinely performed."<ref name="chhrp2018" /><ref name="cps1996">{{REFjournal