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Position Statements of Medical Societies
in English-Speaking Countries



 
 

    1999 American Academy of Pediatrics: 
    Existing evidence does not justify recommending routine circumcision.
    1996 Canadian Paediatric Society, Fetus and Newborn Committee,
    Neonatal Circumcision Revisited: 
    “[The Committee] does not support recommending circumcision as a routine procedure for newborns.”
    1996 Australian College of Paediatrics, Position Statement on 
    Routine Circumcision of Normal Male Infants and Boys: 
    “The Australasian Association of Paediatric Surgeons has informed the College that ‘neonatal male circumcision has no medical indication. It is a traumatic procedure performed without anaesthesia to remove a normal functional and protective prepuce [foreskin].’ ” 
    1996 Australian Medical Association: 
    “The Australian College of Paediatrics should continue to discourage the practice of circumcision in newborns.”
    1996 British Medical Association Guidelines, Circumcision of Male Infants: 
    Guidance for Doctors
    “To circumcise for therapeutic reasons where medical research has shown other techniques to be at least as effective and less invasive would be unethical and inappropriate.”
    1996 Australasian Association of Paediatric Surgeons: 
    “We do not support the removal of a normal part of the body, unless there are definite indications to justify the complications and risks which may arise. In particular, we are opposed to male children being subjected to a procedure, which had they been old enough to consider the advantages and disadvantages, may well have opted to reject the operation and retain their prepuce [foreskin].” 
No national medical organization in the world recommends 
routine circumcision of male infants.

 
 
 

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