Promoting the Prepuce
This month, two important pieces appeared in Pediatrics, the official journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). The first...
Georganne, a former health care executive and the nation’s leading anti-circumcision advocate, exposes the business of medical circumcision in the U.S., which amputates the end of baby boys’ penises even though there is no medical necessity whatsoever. In her memoir, Georganne weaves in her unusual upbringing and what led her to devote her life to “this penis business.”
Georganne is the Doctor Ruth of penises. She’s bright, witty, and a seasoned radio and podcast guest who has been on NPR, Radio Kingston, Armchair Expert’s Flightless Birth, The Holistic OBGYN, Sex Out Loud, and other outlets. Her opinion pieces have appeared in the New York Daily News, HuffPost, The New York Post, and Minneapolis Star Tribune. She has been interviewed by The New York Times, the Economist, the Guardian MSNBC, NBC10 (Philadelphia), WPSU radio, AskMen.com, SheKnows, First Time Parent, Mel Magazine, and South China Morning Post
This month, two important pieces appeared in Pediatrics, the official journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). The first...
The media overlooked an important story late last month that should dramatically change how doctors and hospitals treat newborn babies....
Let’s stop arguing about circumcision and begin teaching about it instead. I floated this idea in “Changing Opinions Over the Changing...
Note: The following essay appeared on the op-ed page of the (Palm Beach, Florida) Sun-Sentinel on March 28, 2015. This...
The headlines have subsided, but Florida mother Heather Hironimus is in now in her seventh week of hiding to protect...