OFFICIAL 1983 STATEMENT OF AUSTRALIAN COLLEGE OF PAEDIATRICS

     1.   The ACP should continue to discourage the practice
          of circumcision in the newborn male infant.

     2.   Educational material on the topic of circumcision
          should be available to parents before the birth of
          their baby and also in maternity hospitals.  This
          will facilitate informed discussion with their
          medical attendant.

     3.   Some parents after considering medical, social,
          religious and family factors will opt for
          circumcision of their infant.  It is then the
          responsibility of the medical attendant to
          recommend that this circumcision be performed at
          an age and under medical circumstances that reduce
          the hazards to a minimum.

This statement was reviewed by the ACP on 28 May 1991.

(Courtesy of NOCIRC of Australia.)