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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]], MPhil, 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 [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 | '''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]], MPhil, J.D., a healthcare leader, CEO and [[intactivist]]. IA's founding was facilitated by Texas businessman [http://www.austinventures.com/team/entrepreneurs/dean-pisani Dean Pisani] who pledged $1 million to Intact America because, he said, 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 | |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 | |url=https://www.inquirer.com/philly/health/Medical_groups_may_recommend_procedure_on_boys_but_opponents_say_benefits_exaggerated.html | ||