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'''Intact America''' (IA) is a New York based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 2008, as part of the [https://thehudsoncenter.org/ Hudson Center for Health Equity & Quality Inc.] It was founded by [[Georganne Chapin]], J.D., a healthcare leader, CEO and [[intactivist]]. IA's founding was facilitated by Texas businessman Dean Pisani who pledged $1 million to Intact America because, he said, he and his wife were pressured in 1999 by a physician at Northwestern Memorial Hospital to circumcise their first child, a boy. The Pisani's rebuffed the doctor's pressure tactics, and in turn funded the creation of IA.<refname="shelton2009">{{REFnews |title=Medical groups may recommend procedure on boys, but opponents say benefits exaggerated |url=https://www.inquirer.com/philly/health/Medical_groups_may_recommend_procedure_on_boys_but_opponents_say_benefits_exaggerated.html |last=Deborah L. |first=Shelton |coauthors= |publisher=The Philadelphia Inquirer |website= |date=2009-09-03 |accessdate=2012-04-04 |quote=}}</ref>
== Mission ==
Intact America is an advocacy organization seeking to end [http://intactamerica.org circumcision] in America, and to ensure healthy sexual futures for all people.
Intact America (IA) was registered to exhibit at the 2012 [[American Academy of Pediatrics]] (AAP) convention "trade show" in New Orleans, Louisiana. However the AAP revoked Intact America's registration over concerns that IA's presence would exacerbate the [[American_Academy_of_Pediatrics#Criticism| controversy]] over the AAP's recently released 2012 circumcision policy statement. IA in turn organized a protest of the AAP which attracted [[intactivists]] from across America to demonstrate at the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center.<refname="pope2012">{{REFnews
|title=Circumcision activists confront pediatricians
|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/on-faith/anti-circumcision-activists-confront-pediatricians/2012/10/22/f6b7c468-1c88-11e2-8817-41b9a7aaabc7_story.html
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