Say no to circumcision - 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. This week has been a light week for interesting articles discussing the harms of circumcision.
 

Sunday, January 30, 2010

Associated Content: Health and Wellness: Circumcision Debate Continues Anew
A resonably well balanced article describing the circumcision debate. The author states that current evidence fails to recommend widespread neonatal circumcision, but includes some inaccuracies about penile cancer and UTIs.

IntactByDefault: #i2 is what, exactly?
The Twitter group #i2 is managed by IntactByDefault, a twitter who advocates against non-therapeutic infant circumcision. He also maintains the the "freedomfromcircumcision" twitter list.

DrMomma: Peaceful Parenting: Taking Down Babywise: A Hero
Information about Laura Bilbo, who is doing her best to battle the misinformation of the Babywise system.

No Circumcision: Repost of Letter to President Obama
Van Lewis wrote a letter to President Obama. The letter asks the President to "issue an executive order to stop all medically unnecessary, elective circumcision funding by US Medicaid nationwide." Van Lewis is an intactivist living in Florida.
 

Monday, February 1, 2010

eWorldWire Press Release: American Academy of Pediatrics Urged to Consider Boys' Human Rights in Forthcoming Statement on Male Circumcision, by National Coalition For Men
Mutilating Boys' Healthy Functioning Sexual Organs is and Inexcusable Double Standard and Human Rights Violation, says NCFM.  NCFM calls on AAP to stop the gender-based double standards relating to circumcision and take into account both medical science and the human rights of boys when it comes to circumcision.
 

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

NoNonsenseMomma: Circumcision: the Uncut Version
A mother writes about circumcision and talks about some of the common myths relied upon to justifiy infant circumcision.

DrMomma: Peaceful Parenting: New Meta-Analysis Study Concludes Circumcision Does Much Harm, No Good
The authors of a study published in Annals of Family Medicine conclude, "Current evidence fails to recommend widespread neonatal circumcision for" preventing sexually transmitted infections, urinary tract infections, and penile cancer.

Male Circumcision and HIV: DIGEST: A Tale of Two Technologies, Circumcision Deserves Circumspection, and National Coalition For Men urges the AAP to consider boys' rights
 

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

EmpowHER: Sex with an Uncircumcised Man
A woman writes about how the natural foreskin is good for the man and woman. She mentions the gliding action of the foreskin during sex and how the gliding action makes sex better for both the man and woman.

IntactByDefault: Let's get something straight
Intact By Default writes: Freedom from non-therapeutic circumcision for everybody isn't just good policy. It's a self-evident right.
 

Thursday, February 4, 2010

The Blessed Atheist Bible Study: Circumcision? Why?
The author questions the origins of circumcision. He guesses that when circumcision was first thought up that alcohol was involved.

Atheist NEXUS: Circumcision and genital mutilation: let's discuss
A discussion of male infant circumcision as genital mutilation in the United States.
 

Friday, February 5, 2010

The Australian: Good week for . . . foreskins
Short commentary on the study in Annals of Family Medicine that said the role of adult male circumcision in disease prevention was "unclear".

DrMomma: Peaceful Parenting: What is done to children... They will do to Society
A powerful pair of images showing violence done to an infant by circumcision and a male violence done to a woman.
 

Saturday, February 6, 2010

HeraldNet: Everett man charged with assault in attempt to circumcise son at home
A man in Maryville, Washington, attempts to circumcise his son with a paring knife. The family said the father had become obsessed with circumcising his son. The child's grandmother fought her son to protect the baby until the police arrived.

DrMomma: Peaceful Parenting: 2010 MGM Demonstration/March in Washington
An announcement of the 17th Annual Demonstration and March Against Infant Circumcision at the United States Capitol in Washington. D.C. on March 26th - April 1st, 2010. See the Stop Infant Circumcision website for more info about the Demonstration.

metousiosis: God and Circumcision
The author states that he does not understand circumcision because of the pain and permanent bodily harm. He posts a cartoon from Atheist Cartoons lampooning religious circumcision.

Raw Success: Daniel Vitalis on Circumcision & Female Orgasm, Episdoe #367
Video blog about the harms of circumcision. Two circumcised men describe what they have lost by being circcumcised. The describe how circumcision of infants deprives them of a valuable part of their genitals.