Canadian Paediatric Society: 1
"Recommendation:
Circumcision of newborns should not be routinely performed."
The Royal Australasian College of Physicians:
2
"After extensive review of the literature the RACP reaffirms that there is
no medical indication for routine neonatal circumcision."
British Association of
Paediatric Surgeons: 3
"The practice [of male
circumcision] should be discouraged by education."
British Medical Association: 4
"The BMA considers that
the evidence concerning health benefit from non-therapeutic circumcision is
insufficient for this alone to be a justification for doing it."
College of Physicians and Surgeons of British
Columbia: 5
"Current understanding
of the benefits, risks and potential harm of this procedure, however, no
longer supports this practice for prophylactic health benefit. Routine
infant male circumcision performed on a healthy infant is now considered a
non-therapeutic and medically unnecessary intervention."
American Medical Association: 6
The AMA
calls infant circumcision "non-therapeutic." Regarding penile cancer, the
AMA states "...because this disease is rare and occurs later in life,
circumcision as a preventive measure is not justified."
American Academy of Family Physicians: 7
"While
routine circumcision is widely practiced, the small medical benefits of
circumcision lead many to consider routine circumcision to be a cosmetic
procedure. This leads to questions regarding medical ethics..."
American Academy of
Pediatrics: 8
“Existing scientific evidence demonstrates potential medical benefits of
newborn male circumcision; however, these data are not sufficient
to recommend routine neonatal circumcision.”
American Cancer Society: 9
“Most public health researchers believe that the penile cancer risk
among uncircumcised men without known risk factors living in the United
States is extremely low. The current consensus of most experts is that
circumcision should not be recommended as a prevention strategy for penile
cancer.”
References:
1.
www.cps.ca/english/statements/FN/fn96-01.htm
2.
www.racp.edu.au/hpu/paed/circumcision/summary.htm
3.
www.baps.org.uk/documents/Circ%20GMC.html
4.
www.bma.org.uk/ap.nsf/Content/malecircumcision2003
5.
www.cpsbc.bc.ca/policymanual/c/c13.htm
6.
www.ama-assn.org
7.
www.aafp.org/x1462.xml
8.
http://aappolicy.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/pediatrics;103/3/686
9.
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/content/CRI_2_4_2X_Can_penile_cancer_be_prevented_35.asp?rnav=cri
