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{{AAP Policy expired}}
On August 27th of 2012 the [[American Academy of Pediatrics]] (AAP), a [[medical trade association]], presented a new Policy Statement on Circumcision and Technical Report stating that "the benefits outweigh the risks", yet when it comes to severe complications like the ones presented here, the technical report states that "Financial costs of care, emotional tolls, or the need for future corrective surgery (with the attendant anesthetic risks, family stress, and expense) are unknown".<ref>{{REFjournal
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The two 2012 AAP circumcision documents have received unrelenting, withering criticism for failure to describe the [[foreskin]] and its functions, failure to consider the [[human rights]] of the child, and many other issues.
AAP policy requires AAP statements to expire after five years unless the statement is reaffirmed. ''The 2012 AAP statement expired in August 2017 and has not been reaffirmed.'' The AAP now has ''no'' official policy regarding non-therapeutic male [[circumcision]]. Any statements on its website regarding circumicision [[circumcision]] refer to a previous, now expired, policy.
One family in New Jersey has filed a lawsuit in 2021 against the AAP that alleged fraud in the [https://www.cirp.org/library/statements/aap/#a1989 1989 Circumcision Policy Statement].