Attorney and Activist Paul Mason Passes Away
I am sad to report that my friend and colleague, Australian human rights lawyer Paul Mason, has passed away. [...]
ARC’s Peter Adler Featured in Massachusetts Lawyer’s Weekly
ARC Legal Advisor Peter Adler was recently quoted by the Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly in the attached article regarding recent [...]
Steven Married!
Steven Svoboda was married on Saturday, July 28, 2018 to Gina Maria Mele, whom he met at a showing [...]
London Men’s Conference Proves Smashing Success
The London International Conference on Men's Issues (ICMI) in late July 2018 went fabulously. Steven's talk on July 21 [...]
Important Paper on Deaths Caused by Circumcision
A team headed by Brian Earp is publishing a forthcoming paper in Clinical Pediatrics that does probably the most careful, [...]
San Francisco Symposium 2018
The 15th International Symposium on Genital Autonomy & Children's Rights, organized by Genital Autonomy America, was held in San [...]
Primer on Genital Cutting Customs (Circumcision), Bodily Integrity and Children’s Genital Autonomy
Compiled by Tim Hammond - Outreach Coordinator, Attorneys for the Rights of the Child The primer below is also [...]
Brian Morris Responds to Steven’s Charleston Article
On January 10, 2018, Brian Morris published this response to the Journal of Law, Medicine, and Ethics article by [...]
AMA Recognizes Steven Svoboda’s Article
The American Medical Association (AMA) Journal of Ethics notified us on December 20, 2017 that my article was "among [...]
ARC Releases Video from Charleston Debate Victory over American Academy of Pediatrics
ARC is releasing a series of six short videos from the October 18, 2013 debate between J. Steven Svoboda and [...]
Steven’s Presentation Well Received at NCFM 40th Anniversary Conference
Steven Svoboda's talk on September 13, 2017 at the 40th anniversary conference of the National Coalition for Men (NCFM) went [...]
Circumcision Case Decided in Connecticut in Favor of Defendants
A legal case relating to harm from a circumcision performed with a Mogen clamp was recently decided, unfavorably to [...]
Human Rights Watch Issues Report Supporting Intersex Children’s Rights
Human Rights Watch has issued a 160-page report supporting the right of intersex children to be protected from surgery [...]
Steven’s Article on Ethics of Male Circumcision Published by AMA Journal of Ethics
The American Medical Association (AMA) Journal of Ethics has today published an article of mine that I was invited [...]
FGM Prosecutions of Three Under Way in Michigan
In the past couple of months, three Michigan residents including two physicians have been charged with violating the US [...]
UK Doctor Being Sued for Assault
According to the Daily Mail on Sunday, a UK doctor is to be sued for assault due to a [...]
Obama Signs Bill into Law Protecting Advocates of Male Circumcision from Religious Persecution
On December 20, 2016, President Barack Obama signed into law a bill protecting advocates of circumcision (and other groups) [...]
ARC Releases Full Audio from Charleston, South Carolina Debate Victory
Filmmaker Brendon Marotta, director of the upcoming movie "American Circumcision," has very generously worked with ARC to prepare a [...]
Audio from ARC’s Charleston, South Carolina Debate Victory Released Showing AAP Doesn’t Know Functions of Foreskin
Filmmaker Brendon Marotta, director of the upcoming movie "American Circumcision," has very generously worked with ARC to prepare a [...]
LEAKED: Does human rights matter to doctors’ groups deciding on circumcision?
In leaked audio from a panel at the October 19, 2013 Pitts Lectureship in Medical Ethics at the Medical [...]
Audio from ARC’s Charleston, South Carolina Debate Victory Released Friday November 11, 2016 Showing AAP Lied About Circumcision’s Effects
Filmmaker Brendon Marotta, director of the upcoming movie "American Circumcision," has very generously worked with ARC to prepare a [...]
Canadian Circumcision Harm Survey Launched
On November 1, 2016, the Children's Health & Human Rights Partnership (CHHRP) of Canada launched an online survey to [...]
Steven Appeared Tuesday November 1st, 2016, And Again on Sunday the 6th At Showings of Cassie Jaye’s “Red Pill” Movie
ARC Executive Director Steven Svoboda participated in a question and answer session following a showing on November 1, 2016 of [...]
Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics Publishes Paper from Charleston Debate by Steven, Peter, and Bob Van Howe
In July 2016, the Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics finally published the paper by ARC Executive Director Steven [...]
Circumcision Is Unethical and Unlawful
Abstract The foreskin is a complex structure that protects and moisturizes the head of the penis, and, being the most [...]