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==Position statements of medical societies==
After considering the three papers published in the ''Australian Paediatric Journal'', the [http://auspaediatrics.com.au/ Australian Paediatric Society] adopted a resolution on 24 April 1971 that the circumcision of male infants should not be performed as a routine measure. That resolution subsequently was reported in a letter by Belmaine Bellmaine published in the ''Medical Journal of Australia'' on 22 May 1971.<ref name="belmaine1971bellmaine1971">{{REFjournal |last=BelmaineBellmaine
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