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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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- AFRICA: Two Boys Die Post-Circumcision Despite Thoughts and Prayers
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Circumstitions News
- 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
- JAKARTA: Why female genital cutting is so common in Indonesia
- COPENHAGEN: Danish doctors come out against infant male genital cutting
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Tag Archives: South Africa
SOUTH AFRICA: Are circumcised men safer sex partners?
Turns out the answer is no. A new study published August 1, 2018 in PLoS One suggests that medically circumcised men over 40 carry higher rates of HIV than intact men or men circumcised as part of an initiation ritual … Continue reading
Posted in Africa
Tagged Africa, AIDS, circumcision, HIV, HIV prevention, PloS One, South Africa, VMMC
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IAS 2009: The perils of success: what if the new HIV prevention methods work?
At the International AIDS Society Conference in July, a session was devoted to preparing for success in the PrEP and microbicide trials. One talking head had this to say on getting people to buy into and utilize prevention approaches that … Continue reading
Posted in Medicine
Tagged AIDS, Aidsmap, CDC, circumcision, foreskin, HIV, IAS 2009, International AIDS Society, penis, South Africa, Venter
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DEBATE: Should South Africa pursue a mass circumcision drive?
“Opt out” of circumcision at birth? Who exactly is doing the opting? “Thirty years from now we’ll be so glad we did it.” Who will be glad? The government? Surely not the individual who loses his foreskin and still becomes … Continue reading
Posted in Africa
Tagged AIDS, circumcision, genital mutilation, HIV, infant circumcision, Martinson, public health policy, Quinlan, South Africa, Whiteside
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In the NYTimes: A Mild Letter to the Editor
A very mild caution in a letter to the editor of the New York Times, above the fold. Circumcision and AIDS To the Editor: Re “W.H.O. Urges Circumcision to Reduce Spread of AIDS” (news article, March 29): Male circumcision may … Continue reading
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Tagged AIDS, circumcision, HIV, South Africa
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AFRICA: Dangerous myths and speculation perculate in the press
American parents have for years carried on circumcising their infant boys after the major medical organizations had come out against the routine practice in an ambiguous sort of way. In other words, the medical groups punted. Leave it to the … Continue reading
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Tagged AIDS, circumcision, HIV, South Africa
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