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mercoledì 21 maggio 2014
mercoledì 18 luglio 2012
Attivisti-eventi
Tuesday evening, July 18, Janet Heimlich spoke about her book Breaking Their Will: Shedding Light on Religious Child Maltreatment. She has one chapter on circumcision. A rabbi in the audience who works with Orthodox Jewish communities to get them to report child abuse was qute taken aback by the anti-circumcision perspective of both Janet and the rocking NYC intactivists in the audience.
Dimostrazione pro-sentenza contro la circoncisione rituale della corte di Colonia
Do we have any intactivists in the Miami area who would be interested in doing a demonstration at the German Consulate in Miami?
Vielen Dank, Deutschland! Demonstration
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FINE - Floridians for Intact Newborn Equality
We believe that every child should be a whole child. Circumcision is not a male or female issue, a left or right issue, a mom or dad issue. It is a human rights issue. Every child has the basic human right to genital autonomy and integrity....
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venerdì 15 giugno 2012
Colorado vota NO alla circoncisione
Circumcision funding killed
A COMBINATION of fiscal conservatives, health professionals,
and “intactivists” (people who oppose circumcision of newborn males for a
variety of reasons) convinced the Colorado House Appropriations Committee last
week to kill a bill that would have restored state Medicaid funding for
circumcisions.
The bill failed in the committee on May 4 by a vote of eight to four, putting an end to the move to restore funding for this year’s legislative session, which ended Wednesday, May 9, and likely for the foreseeable future, since its co-sponsor, ?Senator Joyce Foster (D-Denver), is now retired from the State Legislature.
In earlier committee hearings this session, including the Senate Health and Human Services Committee in February and the House Health and Environment Committee last week – and in the overall Senate debate – proponents and opponents of the bill clashed over a wide range of issues related to the state helping pay for newborn circumcision procedures.
Opponents disputed much of that testimony, while so-called intactivists argued that circumcision actually increases risks of certain infections and diminishes sexual sensitivity among adult males.
Read Chris Leppek's previous coverage "Colorado debates circumcision"
They also often argued their own social justice position, pointing out that newborn infants have no say in whether they are circumcised or not.
Adding to the oppositional chorus were those who oppose state funding for such elective procedures as circumcision, although proponents argued that the annual cost to the state – estimated at $186,500, based on 2010 figures – was not only comparatively minimal but currently available.
FOSTER, a former Denver city councilwoman and wife of retired senior rabbi of Temple Emanuel Rabbi Steven Foster, told the Intermountain Jewish News this week that the bill failed primarily because the intactivist movement was able to convince legislators of their side of the argument, while she carried virtually the entire burden of arguing the pro-circumcision side.
“I never had any lobbying effort,” she said. “It was just me the whole time. I tried to get the Jewish Community Relations Council to work on it, but the JCRC did not have a majority vote on this issue. It was just so impossible. I can’t be in two chambers at one time.”
Foster tried to debate the bill primarily on social justice and health grounds and leave religious freedom out of it, even though many Jews and Muslims, and even some Christians, view circumcision as a religious obligation.
She was disappointed, Foster told the IJN, that the Jewish community did not seem willing to engage in the legislative debate on circumcision.
“When they decided to remove funding for circumcision last year, I spent a whole year working on this. Now it’s going to be up to our community, the Jewish community.”
She added that she expects the now-encouraged intactivist movement to begin working to ban circumcision altogether throughout Colorado, similar to ultimately unsuccessful efforts to do the same thing in California.
That’s when the issue will almost surely be argued on grounds of religious freedom and Foster says the Jewish community will have little choice but to get involved.
Foster warned the Jewish community that the anti-circumcision movement is not likely to go away anytime soon.
“I think that’s the direction the country is going. When you have 17 states that deny Medicaid for circumcision, that’s the direction, absolutely. I think that people just aren’t paying attention.”
In the aftermath of redistricting, Foster chose not to oppose fellow Democrat Sen. Pat Steadman in this year’s primary, thus putting an end to her own political career. She hopes that Steadman may pick up the effort to restore state funding for circumcision.
“He’s a good person and I’m hoping that he will carry the torch for issues that are important to the district,” Foster says. “I’ve done the best I could with it.
The bill failed in the committee on May 4 by a vote of eight to four, putting an end to the move to restore funding for this year’s legislative session, which ended Wednesday, May 9, and likely for the foreseeable future, since its co-sponsor, ?Senator Joyce Foster (D-Denver), is now retired from the State Legislature.
In earlier committee hearings this session, including the Senate Health and Human Services Committee in February and the House Health and Environment Committee last week – and in the overall Senate debate – proponents and opponents of the bill clashed over a wide range of issues related to the state helping pay for newborn circumcision procedures.
Opponents disputed much of that testimony, while so-called intactivists argued that circumcision actually increases risks of certain infections and diminishes sexual sensitivity among adult males.
Read Chris Leppek's previous coverage "Colorado debates circumcision"
They also often argued their own social justice position, pointing out that newborn infants have no say in whether they are circumcised or not.
Adding to the oppositional chorus were those who oppose state funding for such elective procedures as circumcision, although proponents argued that the annual cost to the state – estimated at $186,500, based on 2010 figures – was not only comparatively minimal but currently available.
FOSTER, a former Denver city councilwoman and wife of retired senior rabbi of Temple Emanuel Rabbi Steven Foster, told the Intermountain Jewish News this week that the bill failed primarily because the intactivist movement was able to convince legislators of their side of the argument, while she carried virtually the entire burden of arguing the pro-circumcision side.
“I never had any lobbying effort,” she said. “It was just me the whole time. I tried to get the Jewish Community Relations Council to work on it, but the JCRC did not have a majority vote on this issue. It was just so impossible. I can’t be in two chambers at one time.”
Foster tried to debate the bill primarily on social justice and health grounds and leave religious freedom out of it, even though many Jews and Muslims, and even some Christians, view circumcision as a religious obligation.
She was disappointed, Foster told the IJN, that the Jewish community did not seem willing to engage in the legislative debate on circumcision.
“When they decided to remove funding for circumcision last year, I spent a whole year working on this. Now it’s going to be up to our community, the Jewish community.”
She added that she expects the now-encouraged intactivist movement to begin working to ban circumcision altogether throughout Colorado, similar to ultimately unsuccessful efforts to do the same thing in California.
That’s when the issue will almost surely be argued on grounds of religious freedom and Foster says the Jewish community will have little choice but to get involved.
Foster warned the Jewish community that the anti-circumcision movement is not likely to go away anytime soon.
“I think that’s the direction the country is going. When you have 17 states that deny Medicaid for circumcision, that’s the direction, absolutely. I think that people just aren’t paying attention.”
In the aftermath of redistricting, Foster chose not to oppose fellow Democrat Sen. Pat Steadman in this year’s primary, thus putting an end to her own political career. She hopes that Steadman may pick up the effort to restore state funding for circumcision.
“He’s a good person and I’m hoping that he will carry the torch for issues that are important to the district,” Foster says. “I’ve done the best I could with it.
martedì 20 dicembre 2011
Muore Christopher Hitchens
Muore Christopher Hitchens, grande attivista per i diritti dei bambini contro le mutilazioni genitali.
Christopher Eric Hitchens (Portsmouth, 13 aprile 1949 – Houston, 15 dicembre 2011) è stato un giornalista, saggista, critico letterario e commentatore politico britannico naturalizzato statunitense, che ha vissuto e lavorato prevalentemente negli Stati Uniti. Già commentatore per Vanity Fair, The Nation e Slate, è stato columnist per il Wall Street Journal nonché, occasionalmente, esperto di affari correnti americani sulle colonne del quotidiano britannico Daily Mirror.
"If anyone wants to saw off bits of their genitalia they should do it when they're grown up and have made the decision for themselves."
Christopher Hitchens 1949-2011
Remembering Christopher Hitchens - Hitchslapping Circumcision!
17 packed minutes of Christopher Hitchens utterly hitchslapping the idea of mutilating childrens genitals.
Thank You Christopher! We will continue the fight to stop forced genital cutting of children.
Christopher Eric Hitchens (Portsmouth, 13 aprile 1949 – Houston, 15 dicembre 2011) è stato un giornalista, saggista, critico letterario e commentatore politico britannico naturalizzato statunitense, che ha vissuto e lavorato prevalentemente negli Stati Uniti. Già commentatore per Vanity Fair, The Nation e Slate, è stato columnist per il Wall Street Journal nonché, occasionalmente, esperto di affari correnti americani sulle colonne del quotidiano britannico Daily Mirror.
"If anyone wants to saw off bits of their genitalia they should do it when they're grown up and have made the decision for themselves."
Christopher Hitchens 1949-2011
Remembering Christopher Hitchens - Hitchslapping Circumcision!
17 packed minutes of Christopher Hitchens utterly hitchslapping the idea of mutilating childrens genitals.
Thank You Christopher! We will continue the fight to stop forced genital cutting of children.
domenica 27 novembre 2011
venerdì 25 novembre 2011
sabato 19 novembre 2011
Gli Attivisti dal Mondo
Gli Attivisti dal Mondo
Amber Craig
One of the most influential people in the intactivist movement, Amber Craig, Director of NOCIRC North Carolina, has spent the last two decades educating people about the risks and harms of circumcision. The proud mother of four beautiful children and a licensed speech therapist, Amber was involved in the creation of Intact America, and she serves on the organization's Steering Committee. At the impressionable age of 11, Amber was shocked when she learned about circumcision. It was clear to her from the beginning that it is simply wrong to cut a body part of a healthy, normal child. Amber was equally horrified 15 years later when she became pregnant with a boy and was asked by medical professionals if she wanted her son circumcised. From that day on, Amber has been committed to ending the practice of infant circumcision in this country. In addition to leading NOCIRC of North Carolina, Amber has been active in the Medicaid defunding project—focused on eliminating the use of taxpayer dollars to circumcise baby boys. She has also written several articles countering the current hysteria claiming circumcision prevents HIV/AIDS.
Leonard Glick
Leonard Glick, MD, PhD, is a cultural anthropologist with a medical degree and author of Marked in Your Flesh: Circumcision from Ancient Judea to Modern America. He is also one of the most outspoken intactivists in the movement to end the ritual cutting of baby boys.
Gillian Longley
Gillian Longley, a neonatal nurse and devoted intactivist, has been co-coordinator of the Colorado chapter of the National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers (NOCIRC) since 2005, and is a member of Intact America’s Board of Health Professionals. She speaks out frequently in defense of infants and their right to genital integrity, and has discussed circumcision and the intact penis with nurses, doctors, doulas, midwives, parents, legislators, and academic audiences. Her two-part "Mother Nurse Intactivist" video, which tells the story of how she became involved in intactivism, brings a loving, empathetic voice to the plight of nurses and mothers forced to deal with this barbaric practice.
Dr. Michelle Storms
A family physician and mother of three, Dr. Michelle Storms is an outspoken proponent of genital integrity. She witnessed her first circumcision while in her residency in Milwaukee. “I was appalled,” she says. “The baby writhed and screamed while being strapped down and cut.”
In 1988, Dr. Storms stopped performing circumcisions.
Amy Callan
Amy Callan is one of the main forces behind Intact America, but she wasn't always an intactivist. Amy has been a tireless proponent of babies' rights, attending conferences, organizing fundraising campaigns, and helping drive Intact America to the forefront of the pro-intact cause. She has become the face of Intact America, and an incredible resource of information, activism, and enthusiasm. "So many people have never thought about this issue before," she says. "When I mention it to my friends, they're surprised—but as soon as they listen to what I have to say, they understand why it's such a critical issue. That's my goal, to get people talking about it and thinking about it."
Shelton Walden
Shelton Walden is a media producer, videographer, and host/producer of "Walden's Pond," a weekly radio program on health, culture and politics that's been airing on New York's WBAI/Pacifica Radio since 1989. Shelton is also a long-time intactivist, donating his time and skills to helping Intact America in its efforts to reach the public with the message that circumcision is harmful and wrong.
Martha Roth
Martha Roth, an activist and midwife from Nyack, New York, says she doesn't deliver babies; rather, she "catches them." As a firm believer that, whenever possible, babies should be born at home, Martha has helped mothers bring more than 500 babies into the world. The Journal News recently featured an article about Martha and the practice of midwifery in New York’s Hudson Valley. Martha’s non-interventionist caregiving philosophy extends to keeping infant boys intact: she's been an intactivist and supporter of Intact America from the organization’s beginnings. Both she and her husband, actor and IA Board of Advocates member Bill Irwin, are outspoken proponents of the fight to end circumcision. “We embraced circumcision in America because of gross misinformation given to parents by doctors, says Martha. “It was easy to implement, little by little, but it’s become such a part of the medical industry that it’s difficult to eradicate. Those of us who do patient care have to re-educate parents one-by-one—to persuade them that the natural male body is just fine. I am so grateful that there is an organization—Intact America—that is doing the work to educate people on a national level."
Amber Craig
One of the most influential people in the intactivist movement, Amber Craig, Director of NOCIRC North Carolina, has spent the last two decades educating people about the risks and harms of circumcision. The proud mother of four beautiful children and a licensed speech therapist, Amber was involved in the creation of Intact America, and she serves on the organization's Steering Committee. At the impressionable age of 11, Amber was shocked when she learned about circumcision. It was clear to her from the beginning that it is simply wrong to cut a body part of a healthy, normal child. Amber was equally horrified 15 years later when she became pregnant with a boy and was asked by medical professionals if she wanted her son circumcised. From that day on, Amber has been committed to ending the practice of infant circumcision in this country. In addition to leading NOCIRC of North Carolina, Amber has been active in the Medicaid defunding project—focused on eliminating the use of taxpayer dollars to circumcise baby boys. She has also written several articles countering the current hysteria claiming circumcision prevents HIV/AIDS.
Leonard Glick
Leonard Glick, MD, PhD, is a cultural anthropologist with a medical degree and author of Marked in Your Flesh: Circumcision from Ancient Judea to Modern America. He is also one of the most outspoken intactivists in the movement to end the ritual cutting of baby boys.
Gillian Longley
Gillian Longley, a neonatal nurse and devoted intactivist, has been co-coordinator of the Colorado chapter of the National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers (NOCIRC) since 2005, and is a member of Intact America’s Board of Health Professionals. She speaks out frequently in defense of infants and their right to genital integrity, and has discussed circumcision and the intact penis with nurses, doctors, doulas, midwives, parents, legislators, and academic audiences. Her two-part "Mother Nurse Intactivist" video, which tells the story of how she became involved in intactivism, brings a loving, empathetic voice to the plight of nurses and mothers forced to deal with this barbaric practice.
Dr. Michelle Storms
A family physician and mother of three, Dr. Michelle Storms is an outspoken proponent of genital integrity. She witnessed her first circumcision while in her residency in Milwaukee. “I was appalled,” she says. “The baby writhed and screamed while being strapped down and cut.”
In 1988, Dr. Storms stopped performing circumcisions.
Amy Callan
Amy Callan is one of the main forces behind Intact America, but she wasn't always an intactivist. Amy has been a tireless proponent of babies' rights, attending conferences, organizing fundraising campaigns, and helping drive Intact America to the forefront of the pro-intact cause. She has become the face of Intact America, and an incredible resource of information, activism, and enthusiasm. "So many people have never thought about this issue before," she says. "When I mention it to my friends, they're surprised—but as soon as they listen to what I have to say, they understand why it's such a critical issue. That's my goal, to get people talking about it and thinking about it."
Shelton Walden
Shelton Walden is a media producer, videographer, and host/producer of "Walden's Pond," a weekly radio program on health, culture and politics that's been airing on New York's WBAI/Pacifica Radio since 1989. Shelton is also a long-time intactivist, donating his time and skills to helping Intact America in its efforts to reach the public with the message that circumcision is harmful and wrong.
Martha Roth
Martha Roth, an activist and midwife from Nyack, New York, says she doesn't deliver babies; rather, she "catches them." As a firm believer that, whenever possible, babies should be born at home, Martha has helped mothers bring more than 500 babies into the world. The Journal News recently featured an article about Martha and the practice of midwifery in New York’s Hudson Valley. Martha’s non-interventionist caregiving philosophy extends to keeping infant boys intact: she's been an intactivist and supporter of Intact America from the organization’s beginnings. Both she and her husband, actor and IA Board of Advocates member Bill Irwin, are outspoken proponents of the fight to end circumcision. “We embraced circumcision in America because of gross misinformation given to parents by doctors, says Martha. “It was easy to implement, little by little, but it’s become such a part of the medical industry that it’s difficult to eradicate. Those of us who do patient care have to re-educate parents one-by-one—to persuade them that the natural male body is just fine. I am so grateful that there is an organization—Intact America—that is doing the work to educate people on a national level."
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