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<b>HIV.</b> The AAP falsely claims that there is "A markedly lower risk of acquiring HIV". This is based on outmoded and obsolete research from 2007. The [[HIV]] page provides numerous recent studies that show [[circumcision]] has no effect on the risk of contracting HIV infection.
<b>Urinary tract infection.</b> Circumcision promoter [[Thomas E. Wiswell]], M.D., started the UTI scare in 1983. The story is fully told in [[Urinary_tract_infection#The_UTI_scare| The UTI Scare]]. The presence of the [[foreskin]] does not cause [[UTI]]. The opposite is true. The foreskin has [[Immunological and protective function of the foreskin| immunological and protective functions]] that work to prevent all types of infection, including UTI. The AAP knows this. The incidence of post-circumcision [[UTI]] is very high in [[Israel]]. What we see here is the AAP doing what it was created to do — promote and increase the income of its members — even thought it harms boys. The incidence of Post-circumcision UTI is very high in [[Israel]].
===Reasons why parents may ''not'' choose circumcision===