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→Reasons why parents may choose circumcision: Add text and citation.
<b>Circumcision: A Parent's Choice</b> does not provide citations for its claims, however this review will provide citations.
===Reasons why parents may choose circumcision===
<b>Medical benefits.</b> The claim that the "benefits outweigh the risks" was put forward in the 2012 Circumcision Policy Statement, but received so much criticism that the statement was allowed to expired in 2017. The benefits do not outweigh the risks and malefits. [[Circumcised]] boys have three times as many penile complaints compared with [[foreskinned]] boys.<ref name=fendereski2024">{{REFjournal |last=Fendereski |first= |init=K |author-link= |last2=Horns |first2= |init2=JJ |author2-link= |last3=Driggs |first3= |init3=N |author3-link= |last4=Lau |first4= |init4=G |author4-link= |last5=Shaeffer |first5= |init5=AJ |author5-link= |etal=no |title=Comparing Penile Problems in Circumcised vs. Uncircumcised Boys: Insights From a Large Commercial Claims Database With a Focus on Provider Type Performing Circumcision |trans-title= |language= |journal=J Pediatr Surg |date=2024-11 |volume=59 |issue=11 |article=161614 |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S002234682400407X |archived= |quote= |pubmedID=39084960 |pubmedCID=11486584 |DOI=10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2024.06.022 |accessdate=2025-07-13}}</ref> Moreover, the circumcision amputative surgery puts boys at risk of [[infection]], [[bleeding]], and surgical mishap, including [[death]] and loss of penis.
===Reasons why parents may ''not'' choose circumcision===