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Andrew Freedman, M.D., the task force’s representative pediatric urologist, described the 2012 “benefits outweigh risks” phrasing as a compromise among task force members—some strongly pro-circumcision, others aiming for neutrality. “It is a non-therapeutic procedure,” he said. “If it can be called preventive medicine, it’s at the very weakest level.... You cannot recommend circumcision based on medical benefit alone.” Freedman compared the AAP’s position to “a 'permission slip' for those who want to circumcise their children so that society cannot say they are bad parents or outlaw the practice.” He added, “Maybe the AAP should get out of the [circumcision] business, since it’s not really a medical practice. It’s only a ‘medical procedure’ in the sense that medical professionals are performing it.”