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}}</ref> The ACOG statement also fails to inform parents of the [[Immunological and protective function of the foreskin| immunological functions]] of the foreskin, the value of [[breastfeeding]] in reducing [[UTI]], or the increased difficulty of initating breastfeeding after [[circumcision]].
ACOG now uses the device of saying "why parents choose" to reduce their potential liability.This statement cites the [[AAP]], however, the AAP's last statement expired in August 2017. The AAP now has no identifiable official position on [[circumcision of the newborn]]. AGOG provides no information on the various [[Foreskin#Physiological_functions| functions of the foreskin]], which are now well known. It may have some potential liability for this fraudulent omission.<ref name="gianetti2000">{{REFjournal |last=Giannetti |first=Matthew |init=M |author-link= |title=Circumcision and the American Academy of Pediatrics: Should Scientific Misconduct Result in Trade Association Liability |journal=Iowa Law Rev |date=2000 |volume=85 |issue=4 |pages=1507-68 |url=https://www.doctorsopposingcircumcision.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Gianetti-AAP-Misconduct-Trade-Assn-Iowa-Law-Rev-2000.pdf |accessdate=2025-07-07}}</ref> <ref>{{REFjournal |last=Adler |first=Peter W. |init=PW |author-link=Peter W. Adler |last2=Van Howe |first2=Robert S. |init2=RS |author2-link=Robert S. Van Howe |last3=Wisdom |first3=Travis |init3=T |author3-link= |last4=Daase |first4=Felix |init4=F |author4-link= |etal=no |title=Is circumcision a fraud? |journal=Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy |location= |date=2020-11 |volume=30 |issue=1 |pages=45-107 |url=https://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/research/JLPP/upload/Adler-et-al-final.pdf |archived= |quote= |pubmedID= |pubmedCID= |DOI= |accessdate=2025-07-07}}</ref>
==Statement by George C. Denniston, M.D., M.P.H.==