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<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 <ref name="bollinger2012">{{REFweb |url=https://www.academia.edu/6442587/High_Cost_of_Circumcision_3.6_Billion_Annually |title=High Cost of Circumcision: $3.6 Billion Annually |last=Bollinger |first=Dan |author-link=Dan Bollinger |publisher=Academia |website=https://www.academia.edu |date=2012 |accessdate=2025-07-14 |format= |quote=As the saying goes, follow the money. Now you know why neither the [[American Academy of Pediatrics]], American Medical Association, [[American Academy of Family Physicians]], or the [[American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists]] haven’t condemned this unnecessary surgery, and why their physician members are quick to recommend the procedure to expectant parents.}}</ref> — even thought it harms boys.