Intact America’s first Skin in the Game Award goes to…
...Alan Cumming, of course! This post by ARC board member David Wilton is also published on his platform here. [...]
Petition to Stop Circumcision of Babies in Neonatal Intensive Care
Recently a newborn baby boy in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) was circumcised despite serious surgery he had [...]
Steven Publishes Comprehensive Paper on Differential Treatment of MGC and FGC
A paper of Steven Svoboda's has just been published on June 10, 2025 by the Cardozo Journal of Equal [...]
Esquire Magazine Publishes Article About Male Circumcision and Genital Integrity
Esquire Magazine just published an article about male circumcision and genital integrity that is one of the most extensive [...]
Video Interview with Steven about ARC’s Work and History
We recently obtained and have posted here a copy of a video interview shot in Atlanta on February 20, 2024 [...]
Steven Appeared via Video on Louisiana Law Info Radio, Thursday April 3
Steven Svoboda appeared on The Delphin Law Info Radio Show, broadcast on video from Lake Charles, Louisiana on Thursday [...]
State by State Medicaid Coverage for Neonate Elective Infant Circumcision
Our brilliant colleagues at the Health Equality Campaign have recently published this excellent map illustrating the current state of affairs [...]
ARC Submits Testimony on New Hampshire Bill to Stop Medicaid Funding of Circumcision
On January 28th, 2025, on behalf of Attorneys for the Rights of the Child, Steven Svoboda submitted feedback to [...]
Followup on Good News From the UK: Retired British Physician Publishes Powerful Rapid Response to English Surgeon’s Jailing
Further good news from the UK regarding the doctor who was recently sentenced to more than five years for [...]
Good News From the UK: English Surgeon Jailed for Over Five Years for Operating Unsafe Circumcision Service
The British Medical Journal reports that a former pediatric surgeon in England has been jailed for over 5.5 years for [...]
Brussels Collaboration Releases Landmark Article on Genital Cutting
The Brussels Collaboration on Bodily Integrity, headed by Brian Earp, is very proud to announce the release of its followup [...]
ARC Hosting “Ask Me Anything” About Intactivism and the Law
Attorneys for the Rights of the Child (ARC) is sponsoring an "Ask Me Anything" (AMA) event regarding Intactivism and [...]
ARC Submits Testimony on Two New Hampshire Bills regarding Circumcision
On January 24, 2024, on behalf of Attorneys for the Rights of the Child, Steven Svoboda submitted feedback to [...]
Message from the Executive Director – Volume 14, Number 1
It’s been an interesting year. I was very pleased to be able to “go public” in a peer-reviewed journal [...]
Journal Publishes Steven’s Article about Circumcision Decision-Making as a Parent and His Activism
We are pleased to report that on October 20, 2023, the journal Narrative Inquiry in Bioethics published Steven Svoboda's short [...]
Unabridged – Charleston Debate Marks Turning Point in Movement to Recognize Circumcision as a Human Rights Violation
The abridged version, originally published in November 2013, is available here. This unabridged version delves briefly into some issues [...]
Video Released of Steven’s Presentation at Atlanta Symposium
Intact America has released video of Steven's presentation at the Atlanta Intact 2022 Symposium, which can be found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNnNQd-06Dc. [...]
ARC Proposal Accepted for Journal Story About Parental Decision-Making with Circumcision
We are pleased to have been informed today, December 5, 2022, that the journal Narrative Inquiry in Bioethics has accepted [...]
UK National Health Service Will Stop Funding Circumcision
The United Kingdom's National Health Service has announced that it will stop funding circumcision and twelve other procedures as part [...]
Final Update Regarding Massachusetts Medicaid Lawsuit
On July 22, 2022, the Appeals Court ruled against the plaintiffs in a lawsuit claiming that male circumcision is a [...]
Atlanta Symposium Smashing Success; ARC Newsletter Coming Soon
The Intact 2022 Symposium held on August 27-28, 2022 in Atlanta, Georgia, the sixteenth symposium overall, was the first such [...]
Stories Sought From Parents Regarding Infant Genital Mutilation Decisions
We have been made aware of the following opportunity for parents to share their stories "...about newborn male circumcision [...]
Update Regarding Massachusetts Medicaid Lawsuit
On July 22, 2022, the Appeals Court recently ruled against the plaintiffs in a lawsuit claiming that male circumcision is [...]
Steven Speaking at Atlanta Symposium in August; ARC Offering Scholarships to Atlanta
ARC Executive Director Steven Svoboda is speaking at the upcoming Atlanta symposium, to be held in August. The symposium [...]
Steven Leads Team’s Work Completing United Nations Core Report
A team, the International NGO Coalition on Genital Autonomy (INGOCGA), has finished work in March 2022 on a core report [...]