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The AAP protects the income of its members by failing to apply general medical principles of [[human rights]], medical ethics, and pain control to circumcision.
===Statement by Doctors Opposing Circumcision===
[[Doctors Opposing Circumcision]] (DOC) is an educational charitable organization. It refuted the false claims made by the [[AAP]] and other [[medical trade association| medical trade associations]] in its statement on genital integrity2008 [[Genital Integrity Policy Statement]]. In its conclusion the statement said:
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We recommend that the genital integrity of boys be preserved. Parental request for non-therapeutic circumcision of a son appears to exceed the powers granted to parents by law. We further recommend that doctors refuse to perform non-therapeutic circumcision at parental