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Intact America has no chapters and is not affiliated with other groups imitating its name [e.g. Intact (geographic name)].==Merger==
==Merger==[[Genital Autonomy America]] merged into Intact America, effective 1 July 2021. [[Marilyn Fayre Milos]], R.N., GA-America's director, is now a member of the Board of Directors of Intact America.
[[Genital Autonomy ==Association==Intact America]] merged into has no state or local chapters and is not associated with any other intactivst organization including those whose name begins with the word 'Intact America.' For example: Intact Arizona, effective 1 July 2021. [[Marilyn Fayre Milos]]Intact Australia, GA-America's directorIntact Florida, is now a member of the Board of Directors of Intact AmericaDenmark, etc.
{{SEEALSO}}
* [[Intactivist of the Month]]
* [[Students for an Intact America]]
{{LINKS}}
* {{URLwebsite|http://www.intactamerica.org/|2019-09-15}}
* {{URL-FBpage|intactamerica|2019-09-15}}
* [http://circumcisiondebate.org/ The Circumcision Debate]
→Message from Georganne Chapin: Add publications.
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'''Intact America''' (IA) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 2008. It was originally part of the [https://thehudsoncenter.org/ Hudson Center], but is now its own entity as of 2020. It was founded by [[Georganne Chapin]], MPhil, {{JD}}, a healthcare leader, CEO and [[intactivist]] and a group of interested parties including [[Marilyn Milos]] and [[Dan Bollinger]]. IA's founding was facilitated by Texas businessman [httphttps://www.austinventuresentact.com/team/entrepreneurs-member/dean-pisani / Dean Pisani] who pledged $1 million to Intact America because he and his wife were pressured in 1999 by a physician at [https://www.nm.org/locations/northwestern-memorial-hospital 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.<ref name="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
[http://circumcisiondebate.com The Circumcision Debate] is Intact America's entry-level companion website designed for non-intactivists. It is meant to be a source of information on issues about male [[circumcision]].
==Videos==
=== [[Brendon Marotta]] inverviews [[Georganne Chapin]] ===
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=== Message from Georganne Chapin ===<vimeo>982011461</vimeo>
{{PUB}}
* {{REFweb
|date=2019-11-18
|accessdate=2020-12-15
|quote=Each year, an estimated 1.5 4 million baby boys are circumcised in American medical settings. Intact America estimates that if circumcision solicitations were to cease, 600,000 boys—and the men they will become—would be spared every year from the [[trauma]] and lifelong consequences of the procedure.
}}
* {{REFdocument
|title=Child Genital Cutting as an Adverse Childhood Experience
|accessdate=2021-04-06
}}
* {{REFweb
|url=https://intactamerica.org/what-is-making-these-guys-so-angry/
|title=“What Is Making These Guys So Angry”
|last=Chapin
|first
|init=G
|author-link=Georganne Chapin
|publisher=Intact America
|date=2022-06-15
|accessdate=2025-03-21
}}
* {{REFweb
|url=https://intactamerica.org/?s=consent
|title=“Do You Know?” About the Limits of Parental Consent
|last=Garrett
|first=Connor
|init=
|author-link=Connor Judson Garrett
|publisher=Intact America
|date=2023-02-01
|accessdate=2024-01-30
}}
* {{REFweb
|url=https://intactamerica.org/pros-and-cons-of-circumcision/
|title=Pros and Cons of Circumcision (Spoiler: You’ve Been Lied to)
|last=Garrett
|first=Connor
|init=
|author-link=Connor Judson Garrett
|publisher=Intact America
|date=2023-11-10
|accessdate=2024-03-22
}}
* {{REFnews
|title=New Survey: Parents Lack Basic Understanding About Circumcision Dangers; 'Skin in the Game' Campaign Launches to Raise Awareness About This Unnecessary Medical Practice
|url=https://www.prweb.com/releases/new-survey-parents-lack-basic-understanding-about-circumcision-dangers-skin-in-the-game-campaign-launches-to-raise-awareness-about-this-unnecessary-medical-practice-301987509.html
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|first=Georganne
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* {{REFweb
|url=https://intactamerica.org/circumcision-gone-wrong/
|title=Circumcision Gone Wrong: Damage, Deformity, Death
|last=Garrett
|first=Connor
|init=
|author-link=Connor Judson Garrett
|publisher=Intact America
|date=2023-11-04
|accessdate=2024-05-15
}}
* {{REFweb
|url=https://intactamerica.org/pros-and-cons-of-circumcision/
|title=Pros and Cons of Circumcision (Spoiler: You’ve Been Lied to)
|last=Garrett
|first=Connor
|init=
|author-link=Connor Judson Garrett
|publisher=Intact America
|date=2023-11-10
|accessdate=2024-05-15
}}
* {{REFweb
|url=https://intactamerica.org/circumcision-trauma/
|title=Circumcision Trauma: The Invisible Elephant in the Room
|last=Garrett
|first=Connor
|init=
|author-link=Connor Judson Garrett
|publisher=Intact America
|date=2023-12-17
|accessdate=2024-05-15
}}
* {{REFweb
|url=https://intactamerica.org/foreskin-phobia-intact-penis-shamed/
|title=Foreskin Phobia: How The Intact Penis Has Been Shamed
|last=Garrett
|first=Connor
|init=
|author-link=Connor Judson Garrett
|publisher=Intact America
|date=2023-12-21
|accessdate=2024-05-15
}}
* {{REFweb
|url=https://intactamerica.org/economics-of-circumcision/
|title=The Economics of Circumcision: A Full Breakdown of This Penis Business
|last=Garrett
|first=Connor
|init=
|author-link=Connor Judson Garrett
|publisher=Intact America
|date=2023-12-21
|accessdate=2024-05-15
}}
* {{REFweb
|url=https://intactamerica.org/negative-effects-of-circumcision-in-later-life/
|title=Negative Effects of Circumcision in Later Life: Long-term Implications
|last=Garrett
|first=Connor
|init=
|author-link=Connor Judson Garrett
|publisher=Intact America
|date=2023-12-23
|accessdate=2024-05-15
}}
* {{REFweb
|url=https://intactamerica.org/disadvantages-of-circumcision/
|title=10 Disadvantages of Circumcision & Horrifying Facts
|last=Garrett
|first=Connor
|init=
|author-link=Connor Judson Garrett
|publisher=Intact America
|date=2024-01-09
|accessdate=2024-05-15
}}
* {{REFweb
|url=https://intactamerica.org/constitutional-case-against-circumcision/
|title=Foreskins and Forefathers: A Constitutional Case Against Circumcision
|last=Garrett
|first=Connor
|init=
|author-link=Connor Judson Garrett
|publisher=Intact America
|date=2024-01-24
|accessdate=2024-05-17
}}
* {{REFweb
|url=https://intactamerica.org/circumcision-injuries/
|title=7 Ways Circumcision Injuries and Traumas Are Underreported
|last=Garrett
|first=Connor
|init=
|author-link=Connor Judson Garrett
|publisher=Intact America
|date=2024-01-29
|accessdate=2024-05-15
}}
* {{REFweb
|url=https://intactamerica.org/intactivism-anti-circumcision/
|title=Intactivism 101: An Anti-Circumcision Guide for Foreskin Activism
|last=Garrett
|first=Connor
|init=
|author-link=Connor Judson Garrett
|publisher=Intact America
|date=2024-02-02
|accessdate=2024-05-15
}}
* {{REFweb
|url=https://intactamerica.org/timeline-of-circumcision-suffering/
|title=A Timeline of Circumcision Suffering: A Detailed Look
|last=Garrett
|first=Connor
|init=
|author-link=Connor Judson Garrett
|publisher=Intact America
|date=2024-02-02
|accessdate=2024-05-15
}}
* {{REFweb
|url=https://intactamerica.org/what-do-the-eyelids-lips-fingertips-the-intact-penis-have-in-common/
|title=What Do The Eyelids, Lips, Fingertips & The Intact Penis Have in Common?
|last=Garret
|first=Connor
|init=
|author-link=Connor Judson Garrett
|publisher=Intact America
|date=2024-02-17
|accessdate=2024-05-15
}}
* {{REFweb
|url=https://intactamerica.org/intact-penis/
|title=6 Things You Need to Know About The Intact Penis
|last=Garrett
|first=Connor
|init=
|author-link=Connor Judson Garrett
|publisher=Intact America
|date=2024-02-19
|accessdate=2024-05-15
}}
* {{REFweb
|url=https://intactamerica.org/assent-vs-consent/
|title=Assent vs Consent (in Regards to Bodily Autonomy and Circumcision)
|last=Garrett
|first=Connor
|init=
|author-link=Connor Judson Garrett
|publisher=Intact America
|date=2024-03-03
|accessdate=2024-05-15
}}
* {{REFweb
|url=https://intactamerica.org/adult-circumcision-cost/
|title=Adult Circumcision Cost: The Profit Motives and Hidden Toll
|last=Garrett
|first=Connor
|init=
|author-link=Connor Judson Garrett
|publisher=Intact America
|date=2024-03-07
|accessdate=2024-05-15
}}
* {{REFweb
|url=https://intactamerica.org/intact-penis-care/
|title=Intact Penis Care: Embracing Natural Well-being
|last=Garrett
|first=Connor
|init=
|author-link=Connor Judson Garrett
|publisher=Intact America
|date=2024-03-09
|accessdate=2024-05-15
}}
* {{REFweb
|url=https://intactamerica.org/ways-to-support-intactivism/
|title=Championing Change: Effective Ways to Support Intactivism
|last=Garrett
|first=Connor
|init=
|author-link=Connor Judson Garrett
|publisher=Intact America
|date=2024-05-14
|accessdate=2024-05-15
}}
* {{REFweb
|url=https://intactamerica.org/circumcision-victims/
|title=Why Circumcision Victims Don’t Always Make The Best Advocates
|last=Garrett
|first=Connor
|init=
|author-link=Connor Judson Garrett
|publisher=Intact America
|date=2024-08-07
|accessdate=2023-09-05
}}
* {{REFweb
|url=https://intactamerica.org/nurses-against-circumcision/
|title=Nurses on the Frontline: Exposing the Brutal Reality of Circumcision
|last=Garrett
|first=Connor
|init=
|author-link=Connor Judson Garrett
|publisher=Intact America
|date=2024-08-09
|accessdate=2024-09-05
}}
* {{REFweb
|url=https://intactamerica.org/oh-no-canada/
|title=Oh (no) Canada!
|last=Ashford
|first=Jeannie
|init=
|author-link=
|publisher=Intact America
|date=2024-08-16
|accessdate=2024-09-05
}}
* {{REFweb
|url=https://intactamerica.org/author/bryan-garner/
|title=The Circumcision Decision: Unpackaging Anger and Resentment
|last=Garner
|first=Bryan
|init=
|author-link=
|publisher=Intact America
|date=2024-08-26
|accessdate=2024-09-05
}}
* {{REFweb
|url=https://intactamerica.org/circumcision-a-barbaric-practice-with-consequences/
|title=Circumcision: A Barbaric Practice with Consequences No One Talks About
|last=Garrett
|first=Connor
|init=
|author-link=Connor Judson Garrett
|publisher=Intact America
|date=2024-08-28
|accessdate=2024-09-05
}}
* {{REFweb
|url=https://intactamerica.org/the-daycare-risk-for-intact-uncircumcised-babies-and-boys-forcible-foreskin-retraction/
|title=The Daycare Risk for Intact, Uncircumcised Babies and Boys: Forcible Foreskin Retraction
|last=Ashford
|first=Jeannie
|init=
|author-link=
|publisher=Intact America
|date=2024-09-12
|accessdate=2024-09-13
}}
* {{REFweb
|url=https://intactamerica.org/truth-about-circumcision-media/
|title=The Dark Side of Circumcision: Why the Media Needs to Speak Up
|last=Alissa
|first=Kristel
|init=
|author-link=Alissa Kristel
|publisher=Intact America
|date=2024-09-12
|accessdate=2024-09-13
}}
* {{REFweb
|url=https://intactamerica.org/circumcision-crisis/
|title=The U.S. Circumcision Crisis: Why Your Support Matters
|last=Alissa
|first=Kristel
|init=
|author-link=Alissa Kristel
|publisher=Intact America
|date=2024-10-20
|accessdate=2024-10-23
}}
* {{REFweb
|url=https://intactamerica.org/circumcision-crisis/
|title=The U.S. Circumcision Crisis: Why Your Support Matters
|last=Alissa
|first=Kristel
|init=K
|author-link=Alissa Kristel
|publisher=Intact America
|date=2024-10-20
|accessdate=2024-12-30
}}
* {{REFweb
|url=https://intactamerica.org/rethinking-circumcision/
|title=Why Humans Are the Only Circumcised Animal: A Cut Too Far?
|last=Alissa
|first=Kristel
|init=
|author-link=Alissa Kristel
|publisher=Intact America
|date=2024-11-17
|accessdate=2025-01-01
}}
* {{REFweb
|url=https://intactamerica.org/exposing-circumcision-propaganda/
|title=The Unkindest Cut: Exposing the Propaganda That Normalized Circumcision—and How We Reclaim the Truth
|last=Alissa
|first=Kristel
|init=K
|author-link=Alissa Kristel
|publisher=Intact America
|date=2024-11-19
|accessdate=2024-12-30
}}
* {{REFweb
|url=https://intactamerica.org/arguments-against-circumcision/
|title=Cutting Through the Myths: 5 Compelling Arguments Against Circumcision
|last=Alissa
|first=Kristel
|init=K
|author-link=Alissa Kristel
|publisher=Intact America
|date=2024-11-19
|accessdate=2024-12-30
}}
* {{REFweb
|url=https://intactamerica.org/circumcision-reevaluation/
|title=Circumcision: An Outdated Practice in Desperate Need of Re-Evaluation
|last=Alissa
|first=Kristel
|init=K
|author-link=Alissa Kristel
|publisher=Intact America
|date=2024-12-16
|accessdate=2024-12-30
}}
* {{REFweb
|url=https://intactamerica.org/emotional-weight-of-circumcision/
|title=The Emotional Weight of Circumcision: Beyond the Physical Cut
|last=Alissa
|first=Kristel
|init=K
|author-link=Alissa Kristel
|publisher=Intact America
|date=2024-12-22
|accessdate=2024-12-30
}}
* {{REFweb
|url=https://intactamerica.org/the-case-against-circumcision/
|title=The Case Against Circumcision: A Bold Look at a Quiet Epidemic
|last=Alissa
|first=Kristel
|init=K
|author-link=Alissa Kristel
|publisher=Intact America
|date=2024-12-22
|accessdate=2024-12-30
}}
* {{REFweb
|url=https://intactamerica.org/protecting-intact-boys-from-harm/
|title=Where Circumcision Advocates Strike: Protecting Intact Boys From Harm
|last=Alissa
|first=Kristel
|init=K
|author-link=Alissa Kristel
|publisher=Intact America
|date=2024-12-23
|accessdate=2024-12-30
}}
* {{REFweb
|url=https://intactamerica.org/circumcision-dating-intimacy/
|title=Dating, Sex, and the Unspoken Pressure of Circumcision
|last=Alissa
|first=
|init=K
|author-link=Kristel Alissa
|publisher=Intact America
|date=2025-01-23
|accessdate=025-01-28
}}
* {{REFweb
|url=https://intactamerica.org/circumcision-social-media/
|title=The Role of Social Media in Circumcision Decisions: A Double-Edged Sword
|last=Alissa
|first=K
|init=
|author-link=Kristel Alissa
|publisher=Intact America
|date=2025-01-23
|accessdate=2025-01-29
}}
* {{REFweb
|url=https://intactamerica.org/circumcision-impact-early-bonding-between-mother-child/
|title=How Circumcision Affects the Early Bonding Process Between Mother and Child
|last=Alissa
|first=K
|init=
|author-link=Kristel Alissa
|publisher=Intact America
|date=2025-01-26
|accessdate=2025-01-28
}}
* {{REFweb
|url=https://intactamerica.org/expose-how-brutal-circumcision-is/
|title=9 Comparisons to Expose How Brutal Circumcision Is
|last=Alissa
|first=
|init=K
|author-link=Kristel Alissa
|publisher=Intact America
|date=2025-01-27
|accessdate=2025-01-29
}}
* {{REFweb
|url=https://intactamerica.org/cultures-that-reject-circumcision/
|title=Cultures That Reject Circumcision—And Why They’re Right
|last=Alissa
|first=K
|init=
|author-link=Kristel Alissa
|publisher=Intact America
|date=2025-02-23
|accessdate=2025-03-24
}}
* {{REFweb
|url=https://intactamerica.org/locker-room-argument-circumcision/
|title=The Locker Room Argument Is Weak—Here’s Why
|last=Alissa
|first=K
|init=
|author-link=Kristel Alissa
|publisher=Intact America
|date=2025-02-25
|accessdate=2025-03-04
}}
* {{REFweb
|url=https://intactamerica.org/foreskin-restoration-journey/
|title=Taking Back What Was Stolen: A Foreskin Restoration Journey
|last=Alissa
|first=K
|init=
|author-link=Kristel Alissa
|publisher=Intact America
|date=2025-02-26
|accessdate=2025-03-04
}}
* {{REFweb
|url=https://intactamerica.org/ethical-debate-behind-circumcision/
|title=Are We Sacrificing Newborns for Tradition? The Ethical Debate Behind Circumcision
|last=Alissa
|first=
|init=K
|author-link=Kristel Alissa
|publisher=Intact America
|date=2025-03-25
|accessdate=2025-03-29
}}
* {{REFweb
|url=https://intactamerica.org/circumcision-in-the-media/
|title=The Science Behind Circumcision and How It’s Misrepresented in the Media
|last=Alissa
|first=
|init=K
|author-link=Kristel Alissa
|publisher=Intact America
|date=2025-03-25
|accessdate=2025-03-29
}}
*{{REFweb
|url=https://intactamerica.org/post-circumcision-infections/
|title=The Risk of Infections Post-Circumcision: What They’re Not Telling You
|last=Alissa
|first=
|init=K
|author-link=Kristel Alissa
|publisher=Intact America
|date=2025-03-25
|accessdate=2025-03-29
}}
*{{REFweb
|url=https://intactamerica.org/what-doctors-should-know-about-circumcision/
|title=What Every Doctor Should Know About Circumcision: A Call for Better Medical Practices
|last=Alissa
|first=
|init=K
|author-link=Kristel Alissa
|publisher=Intact America
|date=2025-03-25
|accessdate=2025-03-29
}}
*{{REFweb
|url=https://intactamerica.org/circumcision-surgery-screaming/
|title=Circumcision: The Only Surgery Where the Patient Screams—and No One Stops
|last=Alissa
|first=
|init=K
|author-link=Kristel Alissa
|publisher=Intact America
|date=2025-04-24
|accessdate=2025-04-25
}}
* {{REFweb
|url=https://intactamerica.org/circumcision-cosmetic-surgery-on-newborns/
|title=The World’s Oldest Cosmetic Surgery Is Still Performed on Newborns—Without Consent
|last=Alissa
|first=
|init=K
|author-link=Kristel Alissa
|publisher=Intact Ameriac
|date=2025-04-24
|accessdate=2025-05-16
}}
* {{REFweb
|url=https://intactamerica.org/circumcision-trauma-gaslit-generation/
|title=How Circumcision Gaslit an Entire Generation
|last=Alissa
|first=
|init=K
|author-link=Kristel Alissa
|publisher=Intact America
|date=2022-05-21
|accessdate=2022-05-23
}}
* {{REFweb
|url=https://intactamerica.org/circumcision-body-trauma/
|title=Circumcision: The Original Body Horror You Were Told Was Necessary
|last=Alissa
|first=
|init=K
|author-link=Kristel Alissa
|publisher=Intact America
|date=2025-05-21
|accessdate=2025-05-23
}}
* {{REFweb
|url=https://intactamerica.org/circumcision-cleanliness-myth/
|title=“Clean” vs. “Natural”: When Language Becomes a Weapon
|last=Alissa
|first=
|init=K
|author-link=Kristel Alissa
|publisher=Intact America
|date=2025-05-21
|accessdate=2025-05-23
}}
* {{REFweb
|url=https://intactamerica.org/circumcision-amputation-truth/
|title=The Word They Don’t Want to Use: Amputation
|last=Alissa
|first=
|init=K
|author-link=Kristel Alissa
|publisher=Intact America
|date=2025-05-21
|accessdate=2025-05-23
}}
* {{REFweb
|url=https://intactamerica.org/we-demand-action-end-nicu-circumcisions-now/
|title=We Demand Action! End NICU Circumcisions Now!
|last=Chapin
|first=
|init=G
|author-link=Georganne Chapin
|publisher=Intact America
|date=2025-06-04
|accessdate=2025-09-05
}}
* {{REFweb
|url=https://intactamerica.org/intact-america-launches-a-petition-drive-to-end-nicu-circumcisions/
|title=Intact America Launches a Petition Drive to End NICU Circumcisions
|last=Ashford
|first=Jeannie
|init=
|author-link=
|publisher=Intact America
|date=2025-06-19
|accessdate=2025-09-05
}}
* {{REFweb
|url=https://intactamerica.org/my-afternoon-at-barnes-noble-in-kingston-ny/
|title=My afternoon at Barnes & Noble in Kingston, NY
|last=Chapin
|first=
|init=G
|author-link=Georganne Chapin
|publisher=Intact America
|date=2025-07-01
|accessdate=2025-09-05
}}
* {{REFweb
|url=https://intactamerica.org/foreskin-restoration-tiktok-trend/
|title=TikTokers Are Talking About Foreskin Restoration—Here’s What They’re Not Saying
|last=Alissa
|first=
|init=K
|author-link=
|publisher=Intact America
|date=2025-07-03
|accessdate=2025-09-05
}}
* {{REFweb
|url=https://intactamerica.org/foreskin-functions-you-were-never-told/
|title=The Penis You Were Supposed to Have: 10 Functions of the Foreskin You Were Never Taught
|last=Alissa
|first=
|init=K
|author-link=Kristel Alissa
|publisher=Intact America
|date=2025-07-03
|accessdate=2025-09-05
}}
{{SEEALSO}}
* [[Intact]]
* [[United States of America]]
{{LINKS}}
* {{URLwebsite|https://intactamerica.org|2019-09-15}}
* {{URL-FBpage|intactamerica|2019-09-15}}
Intact America companion websites:
* [http://circumcisiondebate.org/ The Circumcision Debate]
* [http://adversechildhoodexperiences.net/ AdverseChildhoodExperiences.net (ACEs)]
* [http://intact.gay/ Intact.gay]
{{ABBR}}
{{REF}}
[[Category:American healthcare reform]]
[[Category:Parental information]]
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