Intact America’s newsfeed (a.k.a. weblog) contains a wide variety of timely topics divided into categories, including essays, events, press releases, our new Voices series, and much more. Below is a compilation of all our recent posts.
Voices – James W.
Inspired by the "Me Too" movement, I would like to voice my own victim’s impact statement. For years, I have written to legislators, the courts, and to other "rights" organizations about the genital slicing that was forced on me shortly after my birth. I have written...
Washington’s Pending Child Protection Legislation: Unconstitutional!
by Georganne Chapin, MPhil, JD Intact America March 17, 2019 The state of Washington has a pending child protection bill before its legislature. While we share legislators’ condemnation of the activity this bill seeks to regulate, we also wish to point out the fact...
Voices – Mark Wilder
For most of my life, circumcision was not an issue. I was circumcised, and I noticed one of my childhood friends was intact, but aside from that I didn’t give it much thought. Sometime in my mid-40s, however, I read an article about the unnecessary circumcision of...
California’s Pending Child Protection Legislation: Unconstitutional!
by Georganne Chapin, MPhil, JD Intact America March 14, 2019 The state of California has a pending child protection bill before its legislature. While we share the legislators’ condemnation of the activities this bill seeks to regulate, we also wish to point out the...
Connecticut’s Pending Child Protection Legislation: Unconstitutional!
by Georganne Chapin, MPhil, JD Intact America March 14, 2019 The state of Connecticut has two pending child protection bills before its legislature. While we share legislators’ condemnation of the activities these bills seek to regulate, we also wish to point out the...
Iowa’s Pending Child Protection Legislation: Unconstitutional!
by Georganne Chapin, MPhil, JD Intact America March 14, 2019 The state of Iowa has two pending child protection bills before its legislature. While we share the legislators’ condemnation of the activities these bills seek to regulate, we also wish to point out the...
Do You Know: Nurses are ranked the most trusted profession(als)?
For the 17th consecutive year, a Gallup Poll for the Most Trusted Professionals found that 84 percent of Americans rated the honesty and ethical standards of nurses as “very high” or “high.” Medical doctors and pharmacists were next on the list, rated at 67 percent...
“Born Complete”: International Hypocrisy Day 2019
by Georganne Chapin On Wednesday, February 6, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) rolled out — with much digital fanfare — International Zero Tolerance Day for Female Genital Mutilation.” After scanning the promo, I’m inspired to suggest a few alternative...
Voices – Damon Favor
“Taking a whole baby home was way harder than I ever thought it would be. Protecting a whole baby was hard, too.” I don't know how old I was when I first discovered what the word “circumcision” meant, but from my earliest memories, I knew I didn't like it. I could...
Voices – Paul G., M.D.
Even sixty-four years later, I can still remember the seemingly trivial conversation between my father and I that devastated my sexual integrity and eliminated my trust in my father’s benevolence towards me. It happened in late winter when I was eight years old, just...
