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Many Non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] of the newborn is regarded as a [https://www.investopedia.com/terms/p/profitcentre.asp profit center], therefore most maternity hospitals promote and profit from the practice of medically unnecessary, non-therapeutic practicecircumcision, by allowing and encouraging its practice, by automatically providing a circumcision consent form in the package of forms provided to an expectant mother in labor on admission, and by directing nurses to repeatedly inquire of mothers if a [[circumcision]] is desired.<ref>{{REFweb
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[https://physicianpracticespecialists.com/state-specific-services/state-medical-societies/ State medical societies] work behind the scenes within their own state to remove any impediments to the practice of medically unnecessary, non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] and to maintain [[third-party payment]] insurance coverage.
== Hospitals ==
|url=https://www.prweb.com/releases/having-a-baby-boy-intact-america-warns-get-ready-for-the-circumcision-sellers--807966573.html
|title=Having a Baby Boy? Intact America Warns, ‘Get Ready for the Circumcision Sellers!'
|accessdate=2023-11-12
|quote=Each year, an estimated 1.4 million baby boys are circumcised in American medical settings. [[Intact America]] estimates that if circumcision solicitations were to cease, 600,000 boys—and the men they will become—would be spared every year from the [[trauma]] and lifelong consequences of the procedure.
}}</ref> Non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] of the newborn is treated as a [https://www.investopedia.com/terms/p/profitcentre.asp profit center].
== Physicians ==