Several weeks ago, the news was the battle over having Medicaid fund male infant circumcision in Colorado. Currently, the news is the battle over Medicare funding of male infant circumcision in Australia.

Parents, protect your babies. Support intactivism. The following list includes blogs, articles, and websites of interest to Intactivists that were published in the past week. This is a running tally of the ones I found interesting.
 

Sunday, May 6, 2012

Greg Fitzsimmons: Some Tips on Circumcision
Stand up comic and entertainment personality Greg Fitzsimmons speaks out against male infant circumcision. He tells the world that his son is not circumcised. He explains why. Tradition is a poor excuse to cut the sex organs of a baby boy.

Intactivist Blog: Another telling shot
A NSFW photo comparison of the glans from an intact penis and a circumcised penis. The intact glans is smooth and glossy. The circumcised penis, although pink, is rough and course. The intact glans has the appearance of mucous membrane, which is what it is.
 

Monday, May 7, 2012

Authentic Parenting: The Truth about Circumcision
A list of facts about male infant circumcision. With these facts, one wonders why anyone would think circumcising an infant boy would be a good thing to do. Circumcision is painful, both psychologically and physically. Circumcision does not, as many think, promote penile hygiene. Circumcision may reduce sexual pleasure later in life.

Men Do Complain: No Deaths
No one wants to admit that babies die from circumcision. When a baby dies after being circumcised, the cause of death is rarely, if ever, attributed to being circumcised, even though, the baby would not have died but for being circumcised. Often the cause of death is identified as loss of blood, septicemia, or even sudden death syndrome. At best, the cause of death may include the phrase "following circumcision."

Intact America: INTACTIVIST OF THE MONTH: Marilyn Milos, RN
For Mother's Day 2012, Intact America celebrates the "founding mother" of the intactivist movement—Marilyn Milos, RN. Marilyn founded the National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers (NOCIRC),

RoboJustice SuperFighter: I Have A Penis And It’s Missing A Little Bit
A young man laments his missing foreskin, removed when he was a baby. He provides strong arguments for leaving babies whole, without circumcision.
 

Parents, protect your babies. Support intactivism. The following list includes blogs, articles, and websites of interest to Intactivists that were published in the past week. This is a running tally of the ones I found interesting.
 

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Beyond the Bris: Questioning Jewish Circumcision: Choosing Brit Shalom Over Brit Milah
A Jewish mother tells of holding a Brit Shalom for her son. She and her husband decided against circumcising their son. Her son grew up happy to have his whole penis. He is actively involved with Judaism and has not been held back because he was not circumcised.

Solutions: Lawmakers reconsider circumcision for babies on Medicaid
An amendment adding circumcision payments to Medicaid was voted down in the Colorado Senate last week. This week a senate subcommittee voted to move the bill forward. Huh? It seems like some in Colorado really want to cut the sex organs of baby boys.

Salem-News: CIRCUMCISION: Culture-Bound and Culture-Specific Syndromes with Shared Psychotic Disorder
An article discussing the cultural aspects of circumcision.

sitfu.com: Circumcision – Male Genital Mutilation
sitfu questions why male genital mutilation is so accepted as a societal custom. "’s like, after the baby boy is born, as if that’s not traumatic enough, he is then forced to suffer the excruciating pain and shock of having a very important piece of his body cut off … from the most sensitive part of his body, no less!"

Planetary Vision: Infant male circumcision is genital mutilation
A plea to parents to leave their sons whole and uncut. Do not circumcise your baby boy.
 

A new foreskin restoration device was introduced this week. Happy Aardvark Restoration Tools or HART is a dual tension tugging device made by a foreskin restorer for other restorers. He is selling the devices on his Happy Aardvark Restoration Tools website.

Parents, protect your babies. Support intactivism. The following list includes blogs, articles, and websites of interest to Intactivists that were published in the past week. This is a running tally of the ones I found interesting.
 

Sunday, April 8, 2012

Moralogous: When your husband wants to circumcise
In a YouTube video, the author discusses how she and her husband decided not to circumcise their first child. It was not an easy decision because the two disagreed. Fortunately, the mother prevailed and the father let his son keep all of his body parts.

LiveJournal: circumcised vs uncircumcised (Not working: Page removed from web)
A woman describes the difference between sex with a circumcised man and one who is intact. She says that circumcised men seem to get less pleasure from sex than intact men. She believes that circumcision greatly affects their sex life, and not in a good way.
 

This week is Genital Integrity Awareness Week. Every year, the Stop Infant Circumcision Society sponsors a Demonstration / March Against Infant Circumcision at the United States Capitol in Washington D.C. Many intactivists demonstrate in Washington, DC, and other places. We wish to inform others of the harm of infant circumcision and that baby boys have the right to grow up with all their parts.

Parents, protect your babies. Support intactivism. The following list includes blogs, articles, and websites of interest to Intactivists that were published in the past week. This is a running tally of the ones I found interesting.
 

Monday, March 26, 2012

Huff Post Women: Circumcised or Uncircumcised: Does It Matter in Sex?
A woman writes about her first encounter with an intact man. Until then, she had only been used to circumcised men. She liked it so much, she did more research. She recommends that women should have sex with an intact man at least once so that they can see what they have been missing. The author even linked to another post with tips on giving an uncircumcised man oral sex. This is yet one more example of how women love foreskin.

ERIC: End Routine Infant Circumcision: 2012 Genital Integrity Awareness Week
A report on the first day of Genital Integrity Awareness Week in Washington, DC. Peaceful demonstrations and marches are planned in Washington DC and other places. The objective is to raise awareness of the harm of infant circumcision.

Joseph4GI: Random Thought: Is Circumcision Human Ikebana?
Joseph draws an analogy between passages of a book about the Japanese Tea Ceremony and male infant circumcision. The imagery is striking in its similarity.