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}}</ref> As stated above, the incidence of non-therapeutic circumcision of boys declined precipitously after the publication of these letters, so most men under forty-eight three are [[intact]]. These [[foreskinned]] men are now becoming fathers. They are aware of the value and functions<ref name="helard2014">{{REFweb

}}</ref> of the [[foreskin]] so these [[intact]] fathers usually do not want any son to be [[circumcised]]. Moreover, public hospitals in Australia do not permit the performance of non-therapeutic [[circumcision]].<ref name="tanny2015">{{REFjournal |last=Na |first= |init=AF |author-link= |last2=Tanny |first2= |init2=SPT |author2-link= |last3=Hutson |first3= |init3=JM |author3-link= |etal=no |title=Circumcision: Is it worth it for 21st-century Australian boys? |language= |journal= J Paediatr Child Health |location= |date=2015-06 |volume=51 |issue=6 |article= |page= |pages=580-3 |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jpc.12825 |archived= |quote=Most Australian states withdrew circumcision from the range of free services provided in public hospitals through Medicare funding system. |pubmedID=25683279 |pubmedCID= |DOI=10.1111/jpc.12825 |accessdate=2024-09-16}}</ref>

As a consequence, it appears that the efforts of the [[RACP]] to revitalize the [[circumcision industry ]] in Australia<ref name="RACP2022" /> may have scant success. The incidence of non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] of boys recently has been variously reported to be 4-10 percent.