As one of many states examining their Medicaid programs to eliminate unnecessary and wasteful spending, Kansas is scrutinizing coverage for circumcision. After soliciting suggestions from the public, Kansas has received over 120 suggestions on a call for ideas to reform its Medicaid system and reduce costs. A prominent theme for reducing cost [...]
Beyond the Bris, an online blog, discusses radio personality Howard Stern's opposition to infant circumcision, in an article titles "HOWARD STERN, JEWISH INTACTIVIST." Beyond the Bris, a web-based multimedia project that puts real faces and voices to the current Jewish [...]
Intactivist and inventor Ron Low, his company, and family will be featured on the first episode of “Strange Sex,” a TLC show airing at 9 p.m. Sunday, April 3, 2011. The episode unabashedly voices the intactivist movements beliefs and that infant [...]
The online Jewish publication Haaretz.com author Anshel Pfeffer scrutinizes the ancient religious ritual with surprising honesty. However, in light of the proposed San Fransisco ban, he humorously concludes he wishes to retain his rights and freedoms, however wrong they may be. While defending his [...]
The right of infant's body integrity and intactivism has never been fairly covered by NPR, and this article is no exception. Intaction.org is mentioned in an article dated March 30, 2011 by NPR reporter Christopher Weaver covering states attempts to [...]
There is an old adage that says truth and justice is in the eye of the beholder. The Wall Street Journal's Miriam Jordan reports how a child abuse case in Oregon highlights the thorny issues of parental rights and religious freedom. The case [...]
Australian Medical Association Says No To Circumcision Professor John Kolbe President of The Royal Australasian College of Physicians reiterates the groups anti-circumcision stance. In an interview in the Daily Telegraph he states, "The position of the RACP is that the [...]
In a letter to Michael Tucker, the South Carolina Deputy Director of Medical Services Ms. Felicity Myers stated "we have decided to cease coverage of routine infant male circumcision, effective February 1, 2011." South Carolina becomes the 17th State to [...]
A new study recently conducted in America and Peru of gay and bisexual men has shown that circumcision offers them " no overall protective benefit,"write the researchers, led by Dr. Jorge Sanchez of the research organization Impacta Peru. This study [...]
The Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) has released their updated 2010 Circumcision Position Statement. After comprehensive analysis, noting potential benefits and risks, the RACP summarizes the following: "After reviewing the currently available evidence, the RACP believes that the frequency [...]
