Comments by opponents on the British Medical Association’s guidance on non-therapeutic male circumcision of children seem one-sided and may undermine public health

Table 2 Nontherapeutic male circumcision policy statements showing arguments by opponents (left column) and responses to each (right column)

2012 AAP policy on NTMC[16,67]
Frisch et al[95], 2013	AAP Task Force[15], 2013
Svoboda & Van Howe[96], 2013	Morris et al[99], 2014
Jenkins[97], 2014	Morris et al[100], 2014
Darby[98], 2014	Morris[170], 2014
Darby[171], 2015	Morris et al[101], 2016
Svoboda et al[172], 2016	Brady[102], 2016; Morris et al[103], 2017
2014 CDC MC draft policy[17,88]
Earp[150], 2015	Morris[151], 2015
Adler[173], 2016	Rivin et al[174], 2016
Frisch et al[175], 2018	Morris et al[177], 2017; CDC[153], 2018
Van Howe[177], 2015	CDC[178], 2018
2015 CPS policy on NTMC[27]
Sorokan et al[27], 2015	Morris et al[70], 2016
Robinson et al[180], 2017	Morris et al[180], 2017
RACP policy on NTMC[183], 2010
RACP[181], 2010	Morris et al[182], 2012
Forbes[183], 2012	Morris et al[184], 2012
Jansen[185], 2016	Wodak et al[186], 2017

AAP: American Academy of Pediatrics; CDC: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; CPS: Canadian Paediatric Society; NTMC: Non-therapeutic male circumcision; RACP: Royal Australasian College of Physicians.