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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 [[complete penile amputation]] 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
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. <ref></ref> It may have some potential liability for this fraudulent omission.<ref name="gianetti2000">{{REFjournal
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