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→Statement by Doctors Opposing Circumcision: Add bold type.
[[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 2008 [[Genital Integrity Policy Statement]]. In its conclusion the statement said:
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<b>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
request.
We call on all segments of the medical community and of society to work together to create an environment in which newborn and immature human beings receive the respect for human dignity and the special protection they so richly deserve.</b><ref>{{REFdocument
|title=Genital Integrity Policy Statement
|url=https://pool.intactiwiki.org/images/2008_Genital_Integrity_Policy_Statement.pdf