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NEW
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GUIDELINES
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POINTERS
HUFFINGTON
09.09.12
For the first time since 1999, the leading U.S. pediatric
group has revised its circumcision guidelines—posing an
obstacle for anti-circumcision advocates. The American
Academy of Pediatrics’ new policy statement shows
a shift toward favoring the procedure, describing the
benefits as “sufficient to justify access to this procedure
for families choosing it.” The previous guidelines stopped
short of recommending routine circumcision despite its
“potential” medical benefits. Circumcision rates in the
U.S., meanwhile, peaked around 80 percent in the 1970s
and 1980s and dropped to just to 55 percent in 2010.