Draft:Intact America
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{{AFC comment|1=Vast majority of the sources are primary to Intact America's own website. Cut out all that content that's just linked to a primary source, and remove the sources that don't mention Intact American at all. Focus on finding three really strong secondary sources that provide significant coverage to the organisation without relying on an interview. qcne (talk) 22:31, 22 January 2025 (UTC)}}
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{{Infobox nonprofit
| name = Intact America
| logo = Intact_America_logo.png
| type = Nonprofit
| purpose = Children's rights
| formation = 2008
| headquarters = Tarrytown, NY
| merged = Genital Autonomy America (formerly NOCIRC)
| leader_title = Executive Director
| leader_name = Georganne Chapin
| website = https://intactamerica.org
}}
Intact America (IA) is a nonprofit children’s rights advocacy organization that opposes genital modification and mutilation of minors.{{Cite book |last=Sardi |first=Lauren |title=Cultural Encyclopedia of the Penis |date=2014 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |isbn=978-0-7591-2312-0 |editor-last=Kimmel |editor-first=Michael |location=Lanham |page=94 |chapter=Intactivism |editor-last2=Milrod |editor-first2=Christine |editor-last3=Kennedy |editor-first3=Amanda}}
The intactivist (anti-circumcision) organization’s position is that circumcision is genital cutting, and that the cutting or surgical alteration of the genitals of non-consenting minors (male, female, intersex, and non-binary) is unethical, medically unnecessary,{{Cite book |last=Sheehan |first=Michael |title=Manual of men's health: a practice guide for APRNs and PAs |date=October 11, 2018 |publisher=Springer Publishing Company |isbn=978-0-8261-9113-7 |editor-last=Quallich |editor-first=Susanne |location=New York |page=103 |chapter=Controversies in Circumcision |editor-last2=Lajiness |editor-first2=Michelle |editor-last3=Mitchell |editor-first3=Kenneth}} and traumatic. IA’s focus is on stopping newborn male circumcision. The organization argues that parental consent is poorly informed and often coerced,{{Cite book |last=Meddings |first=Jonathan |title=The Final Cut: The Truth about Circumcision |date=October 17, 2022 |publisher=(self-published) |isbn=978-0645368208 |pages=105–106}} and raises awareness that amputating the foreskin reduces sexual function and sensation.
Intact America’s strategy is public facing and noted for its “huge publicity drive.”{{Citation |last=Smith |first=David |title=Genital Autonomy: A New Approach |date=2013 |work=Genital cutting: Protecting children from medical, cultural, and teligious infringements |page=332 |editor-last=Denniston |editor-first=George C. |url=https://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-94-007-6407-1_22 |access-date=2024-12-11 |place=Dordrecht |publisher=Springer Netherlands |language=en |doi=10.1007/978-94-007-6407-1_22 |isbn=978-94-007-6406-4 |editor2-last=Hodges |editor2-first=Frederick M. |editor3-last=Milos |editor3-first=Marilyn Fayre}} Intact America has discussed the intactivist movement{{Cite web |last=Blakinger |first=Keri |date=April 14, 2017 |title='Intactivists' Oppose Circumcision of Children |url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/health/article/Intactivists-oppose-circumcision-of-children-11074342.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220525155950/https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/health/article/Intactivists-oppose-circumcision-of-children-11074342.php |archive-date=May 25, 2022 |access-date=July 12, 2024 |website=Houston Chronicle}}{{Cite web |last=Shelton |first=Deborah |date=August 27, 2009 |title=Under Knife, under Scrutiny |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2009-08-27-0908270167-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928194759/https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2009-08-27-0908270167-story.html |archive-date=September 28, 2022 |access-date=August 8, 2024 |website=Chicago Tribune}} and the circumcision controversy{{Cite journal |last=Collier |first=Roger |date=2012-01-10 |title=Ugly, Messy and Nasty Debate Surrounds Circumcision |journal=Canadian Medical Association Journal |language=en |volume=184 |issue=1 |pages=E25–E26 |doi=10.1503/cmaj.109-4017 |issn=0820-3946 |pmc=3255195 |pmid=22125336 }}{{Cite web |last=Briggs |first=Steven |date=April 24, 2021 |title=Why Is Circumcision so Common in the U.S.? |url=https://scrubsmag.com/why-is-circumcision-so-common-in-the-u-s/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240620193715/https://scrubsmag.com/why-is-circumcision-so-common-in-the-u-s/ |archive-date=June 20, 2024 |access-date=July 17, 2024 |website=Scrubs}}{{Cite journal |last=Bristol |first=Nellie |date=November 26, 2011 |title=Male Circumcision Debate Flares in the USA |url=https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(11)61796-0/fulltext |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230220121731/https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(11)61796-0/fulltext |archive-date=February 20, 2023 |access-date=July 14, 2024 |journal=Lancet|volume=378 |issue=9806 |page=1837 |doi=10.1016/s0140-6736(11)61796-0 |pmid=22125802 }}{{Cite web |last=Tillotson |first=Kristin |date=September 22, 2010 |title=Circumcision: Age-old Debate Still Going |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/health/circumcision-age-old-debate-still-going/ |access-date=July 21, 2024 |website=Seattle Times}} with news agencies. IA is also a journalistic resource for various intersectional aspects of genital mutilation including informed consent and decision making,{{Cite web |last=Tea |first=Kristen |date=February 22, 2016 |title=Should Doulas Talk to Mothers about Circumcision? |url=https://www.mothering.com/threads/should-doulas-talk-to-moms-about-circumcision.1624213/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309123359/https://www.mothering.com/threads/should-doulas-talk-to-moms-about-circumcision.1624213/ |archive-date=March 9, 2021 |access-date=October 3, 2024 |website=Mothering}}{{Cite web |last=Mack |first=Lindsay |date=July 25, 2016 |title=Is Circumcision Healthy? There Are Pros & Cons |url=https://www.romper.com/p/is-circumcision-healthy-there-are-pros-cons-14885 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221226001716/https://www.romper.com/p/is-circumcision-healthy-there-are-pros-cons-14885 |archive-date=December 26, 2022 |access-date=July 24, 2024 |website=Romper}}{{Cite web |last=Rabin |first=Roni |date=August 22, 2011 |title=Circumcise or Don't? Quandary for Parents |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/23/health/23consumer.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230204211754/http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/23/health/23consumer.html |archive-date=February 4, 2023 |access-date=October 6, 2024 |website=New York Times}} education,{{Cite web |last=Elliot |first=Danielle |date=August 22, 2013 |title=Circumcision Rates Declining, Especially in Western States |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/circumcision-rates-declining-especially-in-western-states/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220525141016/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/circumcision-rates-declining-especially-in-western-states/ |archive-date=May 25, 2022 |access-date=October 2, 2024 |website=CBS News}}{{Cite web |last=Jeffries |first=Stuart |date=May 6, 2023 |title=And, Cut! What it Was Like Being Circumcised in My 60s |url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/may/06/and-cut-what-it-was-like-being-circumcised-in-my-60s |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240314124224/https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/may/06/and-cut-what-it-was-like-being-circumcised-in-my-60s |archive-date=March 14, 2024 |access-date=June 23, 2024 |website=The Guardian}}{{Cite web |last=Rabin |first=Roni |date=December 2, 2014 |title=Circumcision Guidelines Target Teenagers |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/well.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/12/02/circumcision-guidelines-target-teenagers/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230819182126/https://archive.nytimes.com/well.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/12/02/circumcision-guidelines-target-teenagers/ |archive-date=August 19, 2023 |access-date=March 10, 2024 |website=New York Times}} advocacy,{{Cite web |date=May 22, 2015 |title=Mother Agrees to Son's Circumcision in Exchange for Release from Florida Jail |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/may/22/florida-mom-agrees-sons-circumcision-jail |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230220122256/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/may/22/florida-mom-agrees-sons-circumcision-jail |archive-date=February 20, 2023 |access-date=July 6, 2024 |website=The Guardian}}{{Cite web |last=Oglesby |first=Adrienne |date=April 28, 2022 |title=North Dakota Mom Advocating for Medical Rights after 3-year-old's Foreskin Was Forcibly Retracted |url=https://www.kxnet.com/news/top-stories/north-dakota-mom-advocating-for-medical-rights-after-3-year-olds-foreskin-was-forcibly-retracted/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230205042631/https://www.kxnet.com/news/top-stories/north-dakota-mom-advocating-for-medical-rights-after-3-year-olds-foreskin-was-forcibly-retracted/ |archive-date=February 5, 2023 |access-date=April 6, 2024 |website=KXNET-TV}} activism,{{Cite web |last=Schute |first=Nancy |date=December 3, 2014 |title=CDC Considers Counseling Males of All Ages on Circumcision |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2014/12/03/368008742/cdc-considers-counseling-males-of-all-ages-on-circumcision |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231209074607/https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2014/12/03/368008742/cdc-considers-counseling-males-of-all-ages-on-circumcision/ |archive-date=December 9, 2023 |access-date=March 12, 2024 |website=NPR}}{{Cite web |last=Walker |first=Molly |date=October 26, 2015 |title=Protesters to AAP: No More Circumcision! |url=https://www.medpagetoday.com/meetingcoverage/aap/54298 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240616174334/https://www.medpagetoday.com/meetingcoverage/aap/54298 |archive-date=June 16, 2024 |access-date=October 2, 2024 |website=Medpage Today}}{{Cite news |last=Nahmod |first=David-Elijah |date=October 27, 2016 |title=Activists remember Conte, try to deliver petitions to AAP |url=https://issuu.com/bayareareporter/docs/bayareareporter_october_27_2016 |work=Bay Area Reporter |page=11}} anti-Semitism,{{Cite web |last=Ungar-Sargon |first=Eliyahu |date=May 16, 2022 |title=How to Deradicalize a Movement |url=https://jewschool.com/how-to-deradicalize-a-movement-173769 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231125010426/https://jewschool.com/how-to-deradicalize-a-movement-173769 |archive-date=November 25, 2023 |access-date=September 12, 2024 |website=Jewschool}}{{Cite web |last=JABEN-EILON |first=JAN |date=April 13, 2011 |title=Challenging the Circumcision Myth |url=https://www.jpost.com/jerusalem-report/jewish-world/challenging-the-circumcision-myth-215800 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230329032145/https://www.jpost.com/jerusalem-report/jewish-world/challenging-the-circumcision-myth-215800 |archive-date=March 29, 2023 |access-date=July 29, 2024 |website=Jerusalem Post}}{{Cite web |last=Leiter |first=Hayim |date=March 22, 2019 |title=Brit Milah is under Attack |url=https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/brit-milah-is-under-attack/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401150821/https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/brit-milah-is-under-attack/ |archive-date=April 1, 2019 |access-date=June 15, 2024 |website=Times of Israel}} LGBTQ+,{{Cite web |last=Chapin |first=Georganne |date=July 7, 2016 |title=5 Reasons Why LBGTQ Supporters 'Get' Intactivism |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/5-reasons-why-lbgtq-suppo_b_10843430 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240627014100/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/5-reasons-why-lbgtq-suppo_b_10843430 |archive-date=June 27, 2024 |access-date=March 18, 2024 |website=Huffington Post}} ethics, and foreskin restoration,{{Cite web |last=Nunn |first=Gary |date=July 20, 2019 |title=Foreskin Reclaimers: The 'Intactivists' Fighting Infant Male Circumcision |url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/jul/21/foreskin-reclaimers-the-intactivists-fighting-infant-male-circumcision |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241112052136/https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/jul/21/foreskin-reclaimers-the-intactivists-fighting-infant-male-circumcision |archive-date=November 12, 2024 |access-date=January 22, 2024 |website=The Guardian}} as well as engaging with the Hispanic community{{Cite web |last=Galavis |first=José Ángel |date=February 23, 2023 |title=Circuncisiones forzosas en EEUU: ¿procedimiento estético o preventivo? |url=https://www.telemundoutah.com/noticias/local/circuncisiones-forzosas-en-eeuu-procedimiento-estetico-o-preventivo/2190332/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241003010932/https://www.telemundoutah.com/noticias/local/circuncisiones-forzosas-en-eeuu-procedimiento-estetico-o-preventivo/2190332/ |archive-date=October 3, 2024 |access-date=July 16, 2024 |website=Telemundo Utah}} and celebrities.{{Cite web |last=Audenino |first=Abby |date=October 1, 2024 |title=Alan Cumming performs his cabaret show "UNCUT" at the Stissing Center |url=https://mainstreetmag.com/alan-cumming-uncut-at-the-stissing-center/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241211235219/https://mainstreetmag.com/alan-cumming-uncut-at-the-stissing-center/ |archive-date=December 11, 2024 |access-date=November 12, 2024 |website=Main Street Mag}}{{Cite web |last=Levine |first=Jon |date=January 9, 2021 |title=Andrew Yang's anti-circumcision stance cuts deep: Jewish leaders |url=https://nypost.com/2021/01/09/andrew-yangs-anti-circumcision-stance-cuts-deep-jewish-leaders/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230605180857/https://nypost.com/2021/01/09/andrew-yangs-anti-circumcision-stance-cuts-deep-jewish-leaders/ |archive-date=June 5, 2023 |access-date=February 12, 2024 |website=New York Post}}
“Intact America is the largest charitable organization in the U.S. working to end unnecessary genital cutting.”{{Cite book |last=Adler |first=Peter |title=Circumcision Is a Fraud: And the Coming Legal Reckoning |date=August 7, 2022 |publisher=(self-pubished) |page=18 |asin=B0B92CRHDC}} Genital Autonomy America (previously known as the National Organizations for Circumcision Information Resource Centers or NOCIRC{{Cite web |date=June 28, 1997 |title=National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers |url=https://nocirc.org |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241116005617/http://nocirc.org/ |archive-date=November 16, 2024 |access-date=March 24, 2024 |website=NOCIRC}}) merged with IA in 2021. NOCIRC was founded in 1986 and is regarded as the first national, organized intactivist group.{{Cite book |last=Allan |first=Jonathan |title=Uncut: A Cultural Analysis of the Foreskin (The Exquisite Corpse) |publisher=University of Regina Press |isbn=978-1779400314 |publication-date=November 5, 2024 |page=266}}
Intact America is a 501(c)(3) non-governmental advocacy organization. IA has a Guidestar Platinum 2024 Rating,{{Cite web |date=September 1, 2024 |title=Intact America, Inc. |url=https://www.guidestar.org/profile/81-2887457 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241213130159/https://www.guidestar.org/profile/81-2887457 |archive-date=December 13, 2024 |access-date=October 24, 2024 |website=Guidestar}} the highest level of recognition for commitment to transparency. The organization has no state or regional chapters, nor affiliates.
Initiatives
Intact America promotes its initiatives that focus on a major aspect of the issue in companion websites.
- [https://SkinInTheGame.org SkinInTheGame.org] A photographic collection of first-person accounts from victims, survivors, and stakeholders concerning circumcision and related genital harm stories.
- [http://Intact.gay Intact.gay] A foreskin-positive website designed to engage the LGBTQ+ community.
- [https://Foreskin.day Foreskin.day] Intact America created National Foreskin Day, April 4 to promote the normalcy of the male foreskin.{{Cite web |date=December 15, 2024 |title=Happy Foreskin Day |url=https://onecondoms.com/pages/foreskin |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240713161819/https://onecondoms.com/pages/foreskin |archive-date=July 13, 2024 |access-date=December 15, 2024 |website=ONE Condoms}}
- [https://DoNoHarm.report DoNoHarm.report] A free, online service for consumers to file medical complaints about forcible foreskin retraction, circumcision solicitation and complications, and other iatrogenic genital harms.
- [http://CircumcisionDebate.org CircumcisionDebate.org] An entry-level website on the description and history of newborn male circumcision.
- [http://AdverseChildhoodExperiences.net AdverseChildhoodExperiences.net] Recommends adding all forms of male, female, and intersex genital cutting to ACE checklists.
Outreach
=Symposiums=
File:NOCIRC 15th symposium.jpg
Intact America co-sponsored five NOCIRC symposiums prior to their merger. IA continued holding the NOCIRC symposiums{{Cite web |date=November 1, 2024 |title=International Symposia on Circumcision |url=https://nocirc.org/symposia/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240719140557/https://nocirc.org/symposia/ |archive-date=July 19, 2024 |access-date=December 13, 2024 |website=NOCIRC Symposiums}} after their merger with Intact 2022, the 16th symposium, in Atlanta, Georgia.{{Cite web |date=August 1, 2022 |title=Intact 2022 – 16th Int'l Conference on Child Genital Cutting |url=https://intactamerica.org/intact-2022-16th-intl-conference-on-child-genital-cutting/ |website=Intact America}} NOCIRC sponsored the first International Symposium on Genital Integrity in Berkeley, California in 1989. The more-or-less biennial conferences were held in locations around the United States (Berkeley, CA; Seattle, WA; Georgetown, DC) and the world (Helsinki, Finland; Keele, UK; Oxford, England; Padua, Italy).{{Cite web |date=December 12, 2023 |title=International symposia |url=https://www.gaamerica.org/international-symposia/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240720130036/https://www.gaamerica.org/international-symposia/ |archive-date=July 20, 2024 |access-date=December 12, 2023 |website=GA America}}
=Pride=
File:Intact America - NYC Pridefest 2022.jpg
Intact America’s outreach includes staffing booths at Pride events. They participated in NYC Pride from 2009 to 2022, Atlanta, Georgia 2023 and 2024,{{Cite web |date=October 11, 2024 |title=ONE® Condoms Joins Intact America to Show Its Foreskin Pride at Atlanta Pride October 12-13 |url=https://intactamerica.org/one-condoms-joins-intact-america-to-show-its-foreskin-pride-at-atlanta-pride-october-12-13/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241211204939/https://intactamerica.org/one-condoms-joins-intact-america-to-show-its-foreskin-pride-at-atlanta-pride-october-12-13/ |archive-date=December 11, 2024 |access-date=November 15, 2024 |website=Intact America}} and Indy Pride 2022 and 2023.{{Cite web |date=October 10, 2024 |title=We are Proud of Pride! |url=https://intactamerica.org/we-are-proud-of-pride/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241216114548/https://intactamerica.org/we-are-proud-of-pride/ |archive-date=December 16, 2024 |access-date=November 7, 2024 |website=Intact America}}
=Medical Association Conferences=
File:AAP 2016 - San Francisco.jpg
Intact America exhibits or demonstrates at medical organizations’ conferences, including International AIDS Society (2008, 2010, 2011), American Academy of Pediatrics (2011, 2012, 2015, 2016), American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (2010, 2013), American Medical Student Association (2010), and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2009).
Activism
May 10, 2010, Intact America delivers 25,000 signatures urging the Centers for Disease Control to not recommend neonatal circumcision.{{Cite web |date=May 12, 2010 |title=Intact America delivers petition to CDC with more than 25,000 signatures |url=https://intactamerica.org/intact-america-delivers-petition-to-cdc-with-more-than-25000-signatures/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241213133739/https://intactamerica.org/intact-america-delivers-petition-to-cdc-with-more-than-25000-signatures/ |archive-date=December 13, 2024 |access-date=June 22, 2024 |website=Intact America}}
July 1, 2010, Intact America “blasted the American Academy of Pediatrics’ call to legalize a form of female genital cutting.” The AAP’s new policy statement called for doctors to be permitted to perform a “ritual nick” on little girls’ genitals. As a result of the outcry by IA and others, the AAP rescinded their recommendation.{{Cite web |date=May 6, 2010 |title=Intact America blasts AAP's call to weaken FGM ban |url=https://intactamerica.org/intact-america-blasts-aaps-call-to-weaken-fgm-ban/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241213134244/https://intactamerica.org/intact-america-blasts-aaps-call-to-weaken-fgm-ban/ |archive-date=December 13, 2024 |access-date=June 6, 2024 |website=Intact America}}
April 25, 2011, Intact America launches the “Put Down the Knife” campaign, collecting and forwarding nearly 100,000 electronic messages to the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), demanding that doctors cease circumcising children who cannot consent.{{Cite web |date=April 25, 2011 |title=Intact America tells doctors to put down the knife |url=https://intactamerica.org/intact-america-tells-doctors-to-put-down-the-knife/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241213134632/https://intactamerica.org/intact-america-tells-doctors-to-put-down-the-knife/ |archive-date=December 13, 2024 |access-date=December 13, 2024 |website=Intact America}}
May 3, 2013, Intact America demonstrates at the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) using sidewalk protests and a mobile billboard to convince doctors to stop circumcising newborn boys.{{Cite web |date=May 2, 2013 |title=Intactivist call on obstetrician's meeting in New Orleans to stop cutting baby boys |url=https://intactamerica.org/intactivist-call-on-obstetricians-meeting-in-new-orleans-to-stop-cutting-baby-boys/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241214181551/https://intactamerica.org/intactivist-call-on-obstetricians-meeting-in-new-orleans-to-stop-cutting-baby-boys/ |archive-date=December 14, 2024 |access-date=April 5, 2024 |website=Intact America}}
September 30, 2013, Intact America organizes a protest at TriHealth Good Samaritan Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio demanding that the hospital discontinue an experiment being conducted on newborn boys, comparing the pain and bleeding resulting from two different circumcision devices. Intact America held a press conference and sponsored a mobile billboard to travel around the city protesting the experiment.{{Cite web |date=September 30, 2013 |title=Intact America protests Good Samaritan Hospital's experimentation on healthy baby boys |url=https://intactamerica.org/intact-america-protests-good-samaritan-hospitals-experimentation-on-healthy-baby-boys/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241214181808/https://intactamerica.org/intact-america-protests-good-samaritan-hospitals-experimentation-on-healthy-baby-boys/ |archive-date=December 14, 2024 |access-date=July 22, 2024 |website=Intact America}}
May 29, 2015, Intact America mailed 12,000 letters to American pediatric urologists to both inform them of the dangers of circumcision and warn them of the legal ramifications should they circumcise a Florida boy involved in a court case.{{Cite web |date=May 29, 2015 |title=12,000 Pediatric Urologists warned! |url=https://intactamerica.org/12000-pediatric-urologists-warned/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241214192338/https://intactamerica.org/12000-pediatric-urologists-warned/ |archive-date=December 14, 2024 |access-date=February 12, 2024 |website=Intact America}}
August 16, 2019, Intact America exhibited at the 5th annual three-day International Conference on Men’s Issues held in Chicago.{{Cite web |date=July 12, 2024 |title=ICMI19 |url=https://wiki4men.com/wiki/ICMI19 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241213135019/https://wiki4men.com/wiki/ICMI19 |archive-date=December 13, 2024 |access-date=August 3, 2024 |website=Wiki4men}}
March 14, 2019, Intact America issued statements concerning the unconstitutionality of bills introduced in California,{{Cite web |date=March 14, 2019 |title=California's Pending Child Protection Legislation: Unconstitutional! |url=https://intactamerica.org/california-unconstitutional/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241213135250/https://intactamerica.org/california-unconstitutional/ |archive-date=December 13, 2024 |access-date=August 3, 2024 |website=Intact America}} Connecticut,{{Cite web |date=March 14, 2019 |title=Connecticut's Pending Child Protection Legislation: Unconstitutional! |url=https://intactamerica.org/connecticut-unconstitutional/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241213135504/https://intactamerica.org/connecticut-unconstitutional/ |archive-date=December 13, 2024 |access-date=August 3, 2024 |website=Intact America}} Iowa,{{Cite web |date=March 14, 2024 |title=Iowa's Pending Child Protection Legislation: Unconstitutional! |url=https://intactamerica.org/iowa-unconstitutional/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241213135631/https://intactamerica.org/iowa-unconstitutional/ |archive-date=December 13, 2024 |access-date=August 3, 2024 |website=Intact America}} and Washington{{Cite web |date=March 17, 2019 |title=Washington's Pending Child Protection Legislation: Unconstitutional! |url=https://intactamerica.org/washingtons-pending-child-protection-legislation-unconstitutional/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241213135818/https://intactamerica.org/washingtons-pending-child-protection-legislation-unconstitutional/ |archive-date=December 13, 2024 |access-date=August 3, 2024 |website=Intact America}} prohibiting female genital cutting. They claim that these bills violate their state constitution’s equal protection clauses.
File:DoNoHarm screenshot.pngSeptember 27, 2024, Intact America launches DoNoHarm.report, a free online service for filing medical complaints. Its purpose is threefold: 1) to assist people in filing complaints against medical staff and hospitals regarding solicitating parents to circumcise their sons; 2) to file these complaints with doctors, hospitals, and regulatory agencies; and 3) to share this information with the media and public.{{Cite web |date=September 27, 2024 |title=Intact America Rolls Out DoNoHarm.report, a Free Service to Help Consumers Report Circumcision Complications and Related Injuries |url=https://intactamerica.org/intact-america-rolls-out-donoharm-report-a-free-service-to-help-consumers-report-circumcision-complications-and-related-injuries/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241213144437/https://intactamerica.org/intact-america-rolls-out-donoharm-report-a-free-service-to-help-consumers-report-circumcision-complications-and-related-injuries/ |archive-date=December 13, 2024 |access-date=October 4, 2024 |website=Intact America}}
Surveys
Intact America regularly conducts consumer and stakeholder surveys. Surveyed are the incidence and prevalence of circumcision, its complications and consequences, and the decisions and attitudes surrounding its execution.{{Cite web |date=September 28, 2024 |title=Surveys |url=https://intactamerica.org/resources/#survey |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240908004246/https://intactamerica.org/resources/#survey |archive-date=September 8, 2024 |access-date=September 28, 2024 |website=Intact America}} Survey findings are publicly available for researchers and authors.{{Cite book |last=Lipman |first=Kenneth |title=Circumcision: How an Ancient Ritual Became a Questionable Surgery—A Complete Analysis |date=October 14, 2024 |publisher=Akiva Press |isbn=979-8990333703 |pages=134 & 147}}
Circumcision is a controversial topic and Intact America has been mentioned in allegations of anti-Semitism involving the intactivist movement. IA has said it would support a ban on U.S. circumcision of minors without a religious exemption on the grounds that every child has a right to bodily integrity.{{Cite web |date=December 6, 2011 |title=The Problem with a Religious Exemption to an Anti-Circumcision Ban |url=https://intactamerica.org/the-problem-with-a-religious-exemption-to-an-anti-circumcision-ban/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240617233117/https://intactamerica.org/the-problem-with-a-religious-exemption-to-an-anti-circumcision-ban/ |archive-date=June 17, 2024 |access-date=March 15, 2024 |website=Intact America}} IA’s position on religion states that children’s rights trump parental rights and says it has a zero-tolerance position regarding bigotry.{{Cite web |date=November 15, 2024 |title=Positions |url=https://intactamerica.org/our-story/#positions |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241208180113/https://intactamerica.org/our-story/#positions |archive-date=December 8, 2024 |access-date=November 15, 2024 |website=Intact America}}
References
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External links
- [https://intactamerica.org Official website]