Parental circumcision information on line

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Internet parental circumcision information started to become available in the late 1990s. Intactivists realized that accurate unbiased information about circumcision, the foreskin, and other matters could be presented directly to the public without being filtered through editorial bias, so they quickly moved to take advantage of this new channel of communication.

History

Geoffrey T. Falk, when still a graduate student (1996), used his technical knowledge to create the Circumcision Information and Resource Pages (CIRP), while Marilyn Fayre Milos, R. N., created a website for the National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers (NOCIRC). George C. Denniston, M.D. M.P.H., created a website for Doctors Opposing Circumcision (DOC).

Intactivists, both in the United States and other nations, have since created additional websites, so there now is a profusion of readily available information regarding male circumcision.

United States

The United States has the highest incidence of medically-unnecessary, non-therapeutic child circumcision, so it has the most intensive efforts to reform the practice.

National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers

Marilyn Fayre Milos, R. N., organized the National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers (NOCIRC) in 1985, before the Internet was available. Information was placed in a series of leaflets that were mailed to people who requested information. Those leaflets were printed on two sides of a single sheet of letter-size paper in landscape mode. Those leaflets are available today in downloadable PDF files from which leaflets can be created by printing the two pages on opposite sides of one sheet of paper and folded into thirds to create six panels.

The text is also available in HTML files that may be viewed on the website.

• NOCIRC Publications

Newsletters from 1991 forward through 2016 are also available.

NOCIRC's name was changed to Genital Autonomy America in 2016, but the old website remains available with information that remains accurate, useful, and helpful.

Doctors Opposing Circumcision

University of Washington School of Medicine Professor George C. Denniston, MD, MPH founded Doctors Opposing Circumcision (DOC) in 1995. DOC published a very comprehensive 12-chapter, 64-page Genital Integrity Policy on its website in 2008. That policy statement remained on the DOC website until 2016. At that time DOC redesigned and updated its website. The Genital Integrity Policy was relocated to the Research Hub website where it resides today. It continues to be of interest to parents who are concerned about a son's genital integrity.

• Genital Integrity Policy Statement , Contribution: Medical Ethics and the Circumcision of Children, Doctors Opposing Circumcision. (June 2008). Retrieved 31 August 2020.

The new DOC website provides significant information to concerned parents in the Parents section:

• Reasons to keep your son whole.
• Care of the intact penis.
• Frequently asked questions.
• Wrongful foreskin retraction.
• Find a foreskin-friendly doctor.

• (2016). Information for parents. Retrieved 21 August 2020.

Intact America

Intact America was founded by Georganne Chapin, M. Phil., J. D., at Tarrytown, New York to providing information to parents to help them resist the pressure tactics of the circumcision industry. Intact America's website provides an abundance of information of interest to parents:

• Intact America. Retrieved 31 August 2020.

Moreover, Intact America operates a companion website, called The Circumcision Debate, that provides additional information to parents:

• The Circumcision Debate. Retrieved 31 August 2020.

Genital Autonomy America

Genital Autonomy America is the new name of the former National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers (NOCIRC), starting in January 2016.

It has a new website with a resource page with links to sources of information of interest to parents.

• (January 2016). Resources. Retrieved 31 August 2020.