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The [[American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists]] (ACOG) is a [[medical trade association]] that provides a statement on its website to encourage parents to consent to harmful, injurious [[circumcision of the newborn]]. Obstetricians have long been a major factor in the promotion and performance of [[circumcision of the newborn]]. Obstetricians, to get their surgical fee, must provide a [[circumcision]] within hours of birth, because otherwise, the attending pediatrician will get any fee for circumcision.
===ACOG information for parents===
The infamous 2012 statement for parents appears to have been removed in 2017 at the time that the 2012 [[American Academy of Pediatrics]] Circumcision Policy Statement, on which the previous ACOG statement was based, expired without being re-affirmed.
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The statement fails to advise parents that there are ''no'' medical indications for [[circumcision in the newborn period]], that circumcision does not prevent or treat disease because no disease is present. It does advise parents of surgical risk, but fails to mention loss of penis or [[death]] as a possible outcome.
There is a claim that circumcision may reduce the risk of urinary tract infection ([[UTI]]), but it fails to tell parents that the treatment for UTI is with anti-microbial drugs, not surgery.<ref>{{REFjournal