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 – Rev. Vincent Turner
Recently, a longtime friend confided that had his wife given birth to a boy rather than to their daughter, he would not have allowed his son to be circumcised. He had researched circumcision and found it unnecessary and unjustified. After hearing my friend's...
Do You Know: Your voice is needed?
Each year, the month of June marks the national celebration of LGBTQ+ Pride in the United States. This year's Pride celebration in New York City is anticipated to be the largest ever, in commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising. Despite how far...
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...
