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 '''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' (GALDEF) is a proposed non-profit, membership-based [[genital autonomy]] legal group, founded by pioneering activist [[Tim Hammond]], along with [[John Adkison]] and other spirited [[human rights]] advocates.
+== Purpose ==
 GALDEF raises funds for "impact litigation" to establish legal precedents for recognition of children's rights to bodily integrity and [[genital autonomy]] regardless of gender, but especially for those not already protected by law (e.g. those assigned male at birth or intersex).
-GALDEF will also train attorneys on the complexities involved in winning such cases and with the hope of building a coalition of attorneys who are prepared to bring viable cases to U.S. courts of law.
+GALDEF trains attorneys on the complexities involved in winning such cases and with the hope of building a coalition of attorneys who are prepared to bring viable cases to U.S. courts of law.
+GALDEF is compiling resources – both educational and financial – to assist a new generation of attorneys to bring successful cases challenging inadequate [[circumcision]] consent forms, hospitals and doctors who aggressively solicit parents for infant [[circumcision]], forced foreskin retraction, and state Medicaid payments for medically unnecessary [[circumcision]]s.
 GALDEF seeks individuals for the Board of Directors, Board of Advisors, the Grant Review Committee, and other positions (media/social media, fundraising, graphics/website design, etc). GALDEF will emphasize being an inclusive and welcoming organization to ensure diversity with regard to sex/gender, race, religion and sexual orientation/gender identity within its board, officers and membership.