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'''Van Lewis''' was an American intactivist ({{LifeData|birth=1943-05-17|birthplace=Tallahassee, {{USSC|FL}}|death=2011-06-06}}). | The late '''Van Lewis''' was an American intactivist ({{LifeData|birth=1943-05-17|birthplace=Tallahassee, {{USSC|FL}}|death=2011-06-06}}). | ||
Van Lewis and his brother [[Benjamin Lewis]] carried the first modern [[intactivist]] protest, on December 17th of 1970 in front of the [https://www.tmh.org/ Tallahassee Memorial Hospital] in Florida. Van and Benjamin were arrested for "shouting and disturbing the peace". Charges were dismissed the following days. | Van Lewis and his brother [[Benjamin Lewis]] carried the first modern [[intactivist]] protest, on December 17th of 1970 in front of the [https://www.tmh.org/ Tallahassee Memorial Hospital] in Florida. Van and Benjamin were arrested for "shouting and disturbing the peace". Charges were dismissed the following days. | ||
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}}</ref> [https://www.saint-john.org/ St. John's Episcopal Church] was packed full for his memorial service. [[J. Steven Svoboda]] spoke. | }}</ref> [https://www.saint-john.org/ St. John's Episcopal Church] was packed full for his memorial service. [[J. Steven Svoboda]] spoke. [[Doctors Opposing Circumcision (D.O.C.)]] was represented by [[George Hill]]. | ||
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“Many years ago, I witnessed an infant [[circumcision]] in person at the invitation of a mutilator. He invited me to attend, to prove to me that there is nothing wrong with mutilating babies. He also decided and told me that he would not do a complete circumcision, just a little dorsal slit, to minimize [[trauma]], damage, [[injury]], and blood loss. “I will cut on the center line. There are no blood vessels there.” (Right.) | “Many years ago, I witnessed an infant [[circumcision]] in person at the invitation of a mutilator. He invited me to attend, to prove to me that there is nothing wrong with mutilating babies. He also decided and told me that he would not do a complete circumcision, just a little dorsal slit, to minimize [[trauma]], damage, [[injury]], and blood loss. “I will cut on the center line. There are no blood vessels there.” (Right.) | ||
I decided to go. White mutilator, black baby, southern USA, 1972 or so. With the first probe under the [[Foreskin| foreskin]] the baby screams a blood curdling scream and keeps screaming. With the crushing of the center line of the top of the [[foreskin]] with the hemostat the baby’s screaming and thrashing ratchet WAY up (he was restrained by tie-downs, put in place in preparation for this human hurricane they already knew from long experience was coming) and when the clamp comes off and the dorsal cut is made the baby begins to | I decided to go. White mutilator, black baby, southern USA, 1972 or so. With the first probe under the [[Foreskin| foreskin]] the baby screams a blood curdling scream and keeps screaming. With the crushing of the center line of the top of the [[foreskin]] with the hemostat the baby’s screaming and thrashing ratchet WAY up (he was restrained by tie-downs, put in place in preparation for this human hurricane they already knew from long experience was coming) and when the clamp comes off and the dorsal cut is made the baby begins to vomit — projectile vomiting — the most violent vomiting I have ever witnessed from any human being. Blood from the baby’s [[penis]] spurts everywhere. The vomiting interrupts the screaming and the screaming interrupts the vomiting. The mutilator takes out his sewing kit and starts sewing. With every puncture of the needle a new blood-curdling scream comes rushing out, with every pulling of the thread through the foreskin the baby turns bluer and screams louder and harder and finally, when I think the police are going to arrive, or the baby is going to die, or God is going to strike us all dead on the spot — the [[Shock| baby goes totally silent and completely limp]]. He passes out, knocked cold by the [[trauma]] of the mutilating. [Ed. Some babies dissociate and this may be what Mr. Lewis observed] The mutilator can now work in peace. | ||
He finishes his sewing, cleans up, and we head for the stairs. On the staircase he looks at me and starts to talk. I thought he was going to tell me how he had never seen anything like that in his life, that babies never respond like that, or something at least. Instead, what he revealed with his off-hand question was that this was a normal operation, nothing out of the ordinary here. “Did you have any objection to that?” he asked. | He finishes his sewing, cleans up, and we head for the stairs. On the staircase he looks at me and starts to talk. I thought he was going to tell me how he had never seen anything like that in his life, that babies never respond like that, or something at least. Instead, what he revealed with his off-hand question was that this was a normal operation, nothing out of the ordinary here. “Did you have any objection to that?” he asked. | ||
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== Award for intactivism == | == Award for intactivism == | ||
Lewis was chosen "[[Intactivist of the Month]]" by [[Intact America]] in February 2011. | Lewis was chosen "[[Intactivist of the Month]]" by [[Intact America]] in February 2011. | ||
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* [[Intact]] | |||
* [[Intactivism]] | |||
* [[Pain]] | |||
* [[United States of America]] | |||
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|url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/tallahassee/name/van-lewis-obituary?id=20411211 | |||
|title=Van Lewis 1943-2011 | |||
|publisher=Tallahassee Democrat | |||
|date=2011-06-12 | |||
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|url=https://www.arclaw.org/publications/van-lewis-eulogy-by-steven-svoboda | |||
|title=Van Lewis Eulogy | |||
|last=Svoboda | |||
|first=Steven | |||
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|publisher=Attorneys for the Rights of the Child | |||
|date=2011-06-20 | |||
|accessdate=2024-03-26 | |||
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[[Category:Christian]] | [[Category:Christian]] | ||
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[[Category:History]] | [[Category:History]] | ||
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