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[[Eric Clopper]] is the founder and president of Intact Global.
[[Eric Clopper]] is the founder and president of Intact Global.


Intact Global observes that the 14<sup>th</sup> Amendment to the United States Constitution, Section 1 states in part that States shall not "<i>deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."</i>
Domashevskiy & Domashevskiy (2016) have concluded that non-therapeutic child circumcision violates numerous rights and that U.S. states have a Constitutional requirement to enforce equal protection of the laws.<ref name="domashevskiy2016">{{REFjournal
|last=Domashevskiy
|first=
|init=JA
|last2=Domashevskiy
|first2=
|init2=AV
|etal=no
|title=Ethics pertaining to the legalities of male routine infant circumcision and surrogate consent to non-therapeutic
surgery
|journal=J Clin Res Bioeth
|date=2016
|volume=7
|issue=4
|article=1000276
|url=https://academicworks.cuny.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1244&context=jj_pubs
|archived=
|quote=
|doi=10.4172/2155-9627.1000276
|accessdate=2026-06-23
}}</ref>
 
Intact Global observes that the 14<sup>th</sup> Amendment to the United States Constitution, Section 1, states in part that States shall not "<i>deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."</i>
==Inaugural conference==
==Inaugural conference==
Intact Global held its inaugural conference in Portland, Oregon on 29-30 March 2025 and followed it with a press conference on 31 March 2025. A suit has been filed on behalf of certain injured Oregonians.<ref>{{REFweb
Intact Global held its inaugural conference in Portland, Oregon on 29-30 March 2025 and followed it with a press conference on 31 March 2025. A suit has been filed on behalf of certain injured Oregonians.<ref>{{REFweb
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==Popularity of circumcision in Oregon==
==Popularity of circumcision in Oregon==
Child circumcision is not popular in Oregon. Data Panda (2024) reports the incidence of [[circumcision]] of boys in Oregon in 2024 is 17 percent,<ref>{{REFweb
Child circumcision is not popular in Oregon. Data Panda (2024) reports the incidence of [[circumcision]] of boys in Oregon in 2024 is 17 percent,<ref name="panda2024">{{REFweb
  |url=https://www.datapandas.org/ranking/circumcision-rate-by-state
  |url=https://www.datapandas.org/ranking/circumcision-rate-by-state
  |title=Circumcision Rate by State
  |title=Circumcision Rate by State
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==Comment by Shea Lita Bond==
==Comment by Shea Lita Bond==


Shea Lita Bond reviewed the issues presented in the 2025 Hadachek in her comment in The ''John Marshall Law Review''. She concluded as follows:
Shea Lita Bond reviewed the issues presented in the 2025 Hadachek in her comment in The ''John Marshall Law Review'' in 1999. She concluded as follows:
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
Both male and female circumcision are medically unnecessary procedures that can cause children to experience physical and psychological harm.  State legislatures enacted FGM statutes to protect female minors from circumcision complications, but never extended the same protection to male children.  This ''Comment'' does not suggest that female circumcision is less important than male circumcision or that it is not a serious human rights problem. However, here in the United States male minors face circumcision at a wider scale, yet they are not legally protected from this painful, medically unnecessary procedure.  Laws criminalizing female circumcision are a step in the right direction toward protecting child welfare. However, all children are at risk of being circumcised and yet currently only half are protected under state laws.
Both male and female circumcision are medically unnecessary procedures that can cause children to experience physical and psychological harm.  State legislatures enacted FGM statutes to protect female minors from circumcision complications, but never extended the same protection to male children.  This ''Comment'' does not suggest that female circumcision is less important than male circumcision or that it is not a serious human rights problem. However, here in the United States male minors face circumcision at a wider scale, yet they are not legally protected from this painful, medically unnecessary procedure.  Laws criminalizing female circumcision are a step in the right direction toward protecting child welfare. However, all children are at risk of being circumcised and yet currently only half are protected under state laws.


State FGM laws violate the constitutional guarantee that similarly situated males and females be treated equally before the law. Notwithstanding a state governments good intentions, and its legal prerogative to protect young girls from an injurious procedure, the state must extend the same legal protections to boys at risk for a similar procedure.  Striking down unconstitutional FGM statutes and replacing them with gender neutral, generally applicatable laws will protect all children from harm and further the state's legitimate interest in protecting child welfare without discriminating  on the basis of gender.<ref name="bond2001">{{REFjournal
State FGM laws violate the constitutional guarantee that similarly situated males and females be treated equally before the law. Notwithstanding a state governments good intentions, and its legal prerogative to protect young girls from an injurious procedure, the state must extend the same legal protections to boys at risk for a similar procedure.  Striking down unconstitutional FGM statutes and replacing them with gender neutral, generally applicatable laws will protect all children from harm and further the state's legitimate interest in protecting child welfare without discriminating  on the basis of gender.<ref name="bond1999">{{REFjournal
  |last=Bond
  |last=Bond
  |init=SL
  |init=SL
  |author-link=
  |author-link=
  |url=
  |url=https://repository.law.uic.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1579&context=lawreview
  |title=Female Circumcision Laws and the Equal Protection Clause
  |title=Female Circumcision Laws and the Equal Protection Clause
  |journal=The John Marshall Law Review
  |journal=The John Marshall Law Review
  |date=2001
  |date=1999-12
  |volume=32
  |volume=32
  |issue=
  |issue=
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==Video==
==Video==
Intact Global maintains a [https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=intact%20global channel] at YouTube.
===Intact Global Launch - Collaboration with GALDEF and LIVE Viewer Q&A!===
===Intact Global Launch - Collaboration with GALDEF and LIVE Viewer Q&A!===
<youtube>v=gujPtfh1Y0g&t=12s</youtube>
<youtube>v=gujPtfh1Y0g&t=12s</youtube>
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===Day 2 LIVESTREAM – Intact Global’s Legal Summit for Genital Autonomy (March 30)===     
===Day 2 LIVESTREAM – Intact Global’s Legal Summit for Genital Autonomy (March 30)===     
<youtube>v=Kp4_S6_hJBU</youtube>
<youtube>v=Kp4_S6_hJBU</youtube>
===Intact Global's Big Announcement Livestream===
<youtube>T1jlxRvZDC0</youtube>
===A Landmark Case for Children’s Rights: Intact Global’s SECOND Constitutional Challenge===
<youtube>v=oPka-aU3O1Q</youtube>
===Intact Global 2026 Conference Livestream – Day 1===
<youtube>?v=otFj_dNVLD0</youtube>
===Intact Global 2026 Conference Livestream – Day 2===
<youtube>v=I3iEeuJseLE</youtube>
==News on Intact Global Oregon lawsuit==
The counsel for the Defendant had filed a petition to dismiss the Intact Global lawsuit. A hearing was held in Portland before Judge Melvin Oden-Orr on 23 October 2025. The Court rejected the claims of the Defendant and dismissed the petition. Apparently the way is now clear to adjudicate the case on its merits.
The trial on the merits of Hadachek v. Oregon is now scheduled for December 2026. The trial readiness conference is scheduled for 4 December 2026. The actual trial is now scheduled to start on 7 December 2026 (Pearl Harbor Day). Eight days have been allocated for the trial.<ref>{{REFweb
|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/Intactivism/comments/1r3ubwu/trail_date_set_for_hadachek_v_oregon/
|title=Trial date set for Hadachek v Oregon
|last=
|first=
|init=
|author-link=
|publisher=REDDIT
|date=2026-02-13
|accessdate=2026-02-13
}}</ref>
Intact Global has announced that discovery is complete.
<HR>
===Courageous Conversations: The Fight Against Newborn Genital Mutilation===
===Courageous Conversations: The Fight Against Newborn Genital Mutilation===
<youtube>v=mZpzr-351M4</youtube>
<youtube>v=mZpzr-351M4</youtube>
{{SEEALSO}}
===Is circumcision child abuse? Attorney Eric Clopper meets TheTinMen===
* [[Circumcision legal commentary]]
<youtube>v=-BSsvUdAPR4</youtube>
* [[Genital Autonomy Legal Defense and Education Fund]]
 
* [[United States of America]]
==Intact Global conference in Los Angeles in April 2026==
 
Intact Global has announced a conference in Los Angeles, which will be held on 18-19 April 2026.
===Announcement video===
<youtube>xmuzPD-1_lc</youtube>
 
Tickets are required.
 
==Intact Global announces a suit against the State of Colorado==


{{LINKS}}
Intact Global has selected [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado Colorado] as the next state to be sued regarding equal protection.<ref name="pressrelease2026-06">{{REFweb
* {{URLwebsite|https://www.intactglobal.org/|2024-08-16}}
  |url=https://www.intactglobal.org/press/releases/2026-06-09-huff-v-colorado-filed
* {{REFweb
  |title=Press Release
  |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/IntactGlobal/
  |title=Intact Global Reddit Discussion
  |last=
  |last=
  |first=
  |first=
  |init=
  |init=
  |author-link=
  |author-link=
  |publisher=REDDIT
  |publisher=Intact Global
  |date=
  |date=2026-06-09
  |accessdate=2025-04-02
|accessdate=2026-06-17
}}
</ref>  <ref name="kelley2026">{{REFnews
* {{REFdocument
|title=Lawsuit wants male circumcisions outlawed in Colorado
  |title=Constitution of Oregon
|url=https://www.westword.com/news/lawsuit-wants-male-circumcisions-outlawed-in-colorado-40897996/
  |url=https://constitutionus.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/oregon-state-constitution-2020.pdf
|last=Kelley
|first=Sage
|init=
|author-link=
|publisher=Westwood
|website=https://www.westword.com
|date=2026-06-12
  |accessdate=2026-06-16
|quote=Intact Global has set its sights on stopping circumcision for years, and now the “intactivists” are ready to make the final cut in Colorado by banning it entirely.
</ref> <ref name="wingerter2026">{{REFnews
|title=Lawsuit seeks to expand Colorado’s ban on female genital mutilation to also prohibit male circumcision
|url=https://www.denverpost.com/2026/06/10/colorado-circumcision-lawsuit-female-genital-mutilation-child-abuse/
|last=Wingerter
|first=Meg
|init=
|publisher=Denver Post
|website=https://www.denverpost.com
|date=2026-05-16
|accessdate=2026-06-16
|quote=The plaintiffs said they experienced pain, scarring and lower sexual sensitivity, which they attributed to circumcision.
}}</ref>
 
A complaint on behalf of plaintiffs Tristan Huff and Adam Schwartz in the [https://www.coloradojudicial.gov/courts/trial-courts/denver-district City & County of Denver District Court] on 9 December 2026.<ref name="rubane2026">{{REFdocument
  |title=Tristan Huff and Adam Schwartz, Plaintiffs, v. The State of Colorado
|trans-title=
|language=
  |url=https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/66119b8c4d0c10f195159122/6a3185315bbad632a188ed5f_2026-06-09---Huff-v.-Colorado-Complaint---Equal-Protection-Challenge-(Conformed)---For-Press.pdf
|archived=
|contribution=
|quote=
|trans-quote=
|quote-lang=
|last=Rubane
|first=Thomas F.
|author-link=
|last2=Clopper
|first2=Eric
|author2-link=
|format=PDF
|date=2026-06-09
|accessdate=2026-06-17
}}</ref> The case number is 2026CV32110.
 
There will be an [https://www.reddit.com/r/IntactGlobal/comments/1ttk657/colorado_were_coming/#lightbox Colorado Launch Dinner announcement] on Monday, 14 December 2026.
 
The Launch Dinner will be held in the [https://wrightroom.co/ Wright Room] of the [https://appaloosagrill.com/ Appaloosa Grill].
 
The Bill of Rights of Colorado is found in Article II of the Constitution of 1876.<ref>{{REFdocument
|title=Constitution of the State of Colorado
|url=https://content.leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2024-title-00.pdf
  |contribution=
  |contribution=
  |last=
  |last=
  |first=
  |first=
  |publisher=State of Oregon
  |publisher=State of Colorado
  |format=PDF
  |format=PDF
  |date=2020
  |date=1876
  |accessdate=2025-04-01
  |accessdate=2026-06-07
}}
}}</ref>
 
The allegedly unconstitutional law is found within [https://colorado.public.law/statutes/crs_18-6-401 Colorado Revised Statute 18-6-401] where laws against child abuse are found.
 
The Attorney-General of Colorado is [https://coag.gov/ Phil Weiser], who would be in charge of the defense of Colorado in the [https://www.coloradojudicial.gov/courts/trial-courts/denver-district Denver District Court].
 
Data Panda said the incidence of [[circumcision]] in Colorado was 56 percent in 2015.<ref name="panda2024" /> This datum is 11 years out-of-date. The incidence of circumcision is believed to have declined by 5.5 percentage points in that time to 50.5 percent in 2026.
 
{{SEEALSO}}
* [[Circumcision legal commentary]]
* [[Genital Autonomy Legal Defense and Education Fund]]
* [[United States of America]]
 
{{LINKS}}
* {{URLwebsite|https://www.intactglobal.org/|2024-08-16}}
* {{REFjournal
* {{REFjournal
  |last=Povenmire
  |last=Povenmire
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  |pages=87-123
  |pages=87-123
  |accessdate=2025-05-04
  |accessdate=2025-05-04
}}
* {{REFjournal
|last=Bond
|init=SL
|author-link=https://www.lawyers.com/chicago/illinois/shea-lita-bond-2071633-a/
|url=https://repository.law.uic.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1579&context=lawreview
|title=State Laws Criminalizing Female Circumcision: A Violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment
|journal=John Marshall Law Review
|date=1999
|volume=32
|issue=Winter
|pages=353-80
|accessdate=2026-08-06
}}
}}
* {{REFdocument
* {{REFdocument
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  |date=2001
  |date=2001
  |accessdate=2025-10-19
  |accessdate=2025-10-19
}}
* {{REFjournal
|last=Hill
|first=
|init=G
|author-link=George Hill
|title=The case against circumcision
|journal=Journal of Men's Health and Gender
|date=2007
|volume=4
|issue=3
|pages=318-23
|url=https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/document?repid=rep1&type=pdf&doi=04ace5046cc27f01b8fbe4aa359c059778983912
|quote=
|format=PDF
|accessdate=2025-10-20
}}
}}
* {{REFdocument
* {{REFdocument
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  |date=2008-06
  |date=2008-06
  |accessdate=2025-04-03
  |accessdate=2025-04-03
}}
* {{REFdocument
|title=Non-therapeutic circumcision of male minors
|url=https://www.doctorsopposingcircumcision.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/knmg-non-therapeutic-circumcision-of-male-minors-27-05-2010.pdf
|contribution=
|last=Kruseman
|first=Arie Nieuwenhuijzen
|publisher=Royal Dutch Medical Association
|format=PDF
|date=2010-05-27
|accessdate=2023-04-26
}}
}}
* {{REFweb
* {{REFweb
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  |title=Circumcision and The United States Constitution: Forced Genital Cutting of Minors is Illegal  
  |title=Circumcision and The United States Constitution: Forced Genital Cutting of Minors is Illegal  
  |last=Day
  |last=Day
  |first=
  |first=Danelle
  |init=D
  |init=
  |author-link=
  |author-link=http://www.savingsons.org/search?q=Day Danelle
  |publisher=Saving Our Sons
  |publisher=Saving Our Sons
  |date=2014
  |date=2014
  |accessdate=2025-10-18
|accessdate=2026-08-05
}}
* {{REFweb
|url=https://www.youtube.com/@IntactGlobal
|title=Intact Global YouTube Channel
|last=Anonymous
|publisher=YouTube
|date=2024
|accessdate=2026-04-18
}}
* {{REFweb
|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/IntactGlobal/
|title=Intact Global blog
|publisher=Reddit
  |accessdate=2025-04-02
}}
}}
* {{REFdocument
|title=Constitution of Oregon
|url=https://constitutionus.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/oregon-state-constitution-2020.pdf
|contribution=
|last=
|first=
|publisher=State of Oregon
|format=PDF
|date=2020
|accessdate=2025-04-01}}
* {{REFnews
* {{REFnews
  |title=Lawyers say Oregon genital cutting law discriminates against boys; seek circumcision ban
  |title=Lawyers say Oregon genital cutting law discriminates against boys; seek circumcision ban
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  |date=2025-07-25
  |date=2025-07-25
  |accessdate=2025-10-18
  |accessdate=2025-10-18
}}
* {{REFnews
|title=U.S. Circumcision Lawsuit Advances as Doctors Behind Policy Backtrack
|url=https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/u-s-circumcision-lawsuit-advances-as-doctors-behind-policy-backtrack/
|last=Wald
|first=Rebecca
|author-link=Rebecca Wald
|publisher=The Times of Israel
|date=2025-10-28
|accessdate=2026-04-30
|quote=At issue is whether gender-specific protections against genital cutting can withstand constitutional scrutiny in an era of increasing legal and ethical focus on bodily autonomy.
}}
* {{REFweb
|url=https://www.galdef.org/2026/07/25/intact-global-files-colorado-equal-protection-legal-challenge/
|title=Intact Global files Colorado Equal Protection Legal Challenge
|last=Thompson
|first=Troy
|publisher=GALDEF
|date=2026-07-25
|accessdate=2026-08-05
}}
}}
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