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What is an intactivist?
in·tac·tiv·ist [in-tak-tuh-vist]
noun
1. an especially active, vigorous advocate of children's rights, especially the right to genital integrity or the right to be free from genital cutting (circumcision).adjective
2. of or pertaining to intactivism or intactivists: an intactivist organization for the right of male, female, and intersex children to be free from genital cutting.3. advocating for children by vigorously opposing genital cutting (circumcision), especially the cutting of children who lack capacity to consent: Intactivist opponents of the American Academy of Pediatrics picketed their annual conference in New Orleans.
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- FLORIDA: Last charge dropped against mother of spite-circumcised son
- ZIMBABWE: Youth tries to cut off his own foreskin after being teased
- CHILE: Officials oppose 'normalisation' surgery of intersex children
- EASTERN CAPE: Death Toll at 23
- MALAYSIA: Boy loses penis-head in botched medical cutting
- KENYA: Boy faces loss of his penis after botched medical cutting
- KENYA: Knife-rapists go door-to-door
- EASTERN CAPE: 9 male genital cutting deaths so far this season
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- COPENHAGEN: Danish doctors come out against infant male genital cutting
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Tag Archives: Australia
Robert Darby, Rest in Peace
Robert Darby has passed away. He was the author of A Surgical Temptation: The Demonization of the Foreskin and the Rise of Circumcision in Britain (1st Ed., 2005). While I never met him personally, I knew him from his writings … Continue reading
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Tagged austalasia, Australia, circumcision, intactivism
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Paul Mason, Rest In Peace
Travis Wisdom writes via ARC: Friends, it’s with great sadness that I’d like to inform you all that Paul Mason, Chair of the Australasian Institute for Genital Autonomy, and Former Children’s Commissioner of Tasmania, died last night. Paul was a … Continue reading
Posted in Law
Tagged australasia, Australia, circumcision, foreskin, genital integrity, intactivism
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Meet the ‘Circumcision Foundation of Australia’
Originally posted on Intactivists of Australasia:
In 2010, an organisation calling itself the ‘Circumcision Foundation of Australia’ (CFA) was established, with its sole aim being to reverse the dramatic decline in the number of circumcisions that are performed in Australia.…
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Tagged activists, advocacy, Australia, circumcision
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BUSINESSWEEK: Two reviews of the circumcision literature offer starkly different views
Businessweek published a brief review of the current debate on infant circumcision yesterday. Not surprisingly, American researchers largely dismiss any concerns while Australian researchers consider the psychological and complication rate more worthy of consideration. A short excerpt: In general, “there … Continue reading
Posted in Medicine
Tagged adult circumcision, Africa, AIDS, Annals of Family Medicine, Australia, Businessweek, circumcision, complication rate, Diekema, HIV, HPV, infant circumcision, Perera, psychological harm, USA
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CDC: Responding to criticism, CDC says final circumcision recommendations will be completely voluntary.
Evidence of the great confusion the CDC is causing around the world is beginning to trickle in. The Australian morning program Sunrise [article removed] aired a debate between one Dr. George Williams and the rabid (non-doctor) Brian Morris on the issue … Continue reading
Posted in Medicine
Tagged AIDS, Australia, Brian Morris, CDC, circumcision, compulsory circumcision, foreskin, George Williams, HIV, penis, public health
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