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'''Alan Frank Guttmacher''' ({{LifeData|1898-05-19|1974-03-18}}), was an American obstetrician/gynecologist. He served as president of ''Planned Parenthood'' and vice-president of the ''American Eugenics Society''.<ref>{{REFbook
|title=Margaret Sanger's Eugenic Legacy
|last=Franks
|first=Angela
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UBJWsbEHmT4C
|page=76
|isbn=978-0-7864-2011-7
|year=2005
|publisher=McFarland
}}</ref> Dr. Guttmacher founded the ''American Association of Planned Parenthood Physicians'', now known as the ''Association of Reproductive Health Professionals'', as a forum for physicians to discuss the birth control pill and other advances in the field. He founded the ''Association for the Study of Abortion'' in 1964. He was a member of the ''Association for Voluntary Sterilization''. The ''Guttmacher Institute'' is named after him.<ref name="WP">{{REFweb
|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Frank_Guttmacher
|title=Alan Frank Guttmacher
|website=Wikipedia
|accessdate=2021-10-11
}}</ref>
== Family ==
Alan Guttmacher was born in 1898 to Rabbi Adolf (Adolph) Guttmacher, and Laura (Oppenheimer) Guttmacher, German Jewish emigrants.<ref name="WP"/>
==Professional history==
Guttmacher was a graduate of Johns Hopkins University and the Hopkins Medical School. He served as Director of Obstetrics and Gynecology and was appointed Obstetrician and Gynecologist-In-Chief at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York for approximately ten years. In 1962, ten years after moving to New York, he became president of the ''Planned Parenthood Federation''. He extended this endeavor by founding the ''Association of Planned Parenthood Physicians'' which included scientists and medical practitioners. From 1964 to 1968, he served as Chairman of the Medical Committee of the ''International Planned Parenthood Federation''. Guttmacher was also a fellow of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecologists, the American Fertility Society, New York Academy of Medicine, and the American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.<ref>"Dr. Alan Guttmacher dies." ''The Baltimore Sun''. 19 March 1974.</ref>
== Circumcision promoter ==
In 1941, Guttmacher claimed that [[foreskin]] would cause dirt to collect under the foreskin in newborns. He spread the false claim that a baby's foreskin must be forcibly retracted and scrubbed daily which is basically impossible without violence due to the [[synechia]] which adheres the foreskin to the [[glans]]. He promoted mass [[circumcision]] as a means of blunting male sexual sensitivity.<ref name="Guttmacher1941">{{REFjournal
|last=Guttmacher
|first=Allan F.
|init=AF
|title=Should the baby be circumcised?
|journal=Parents Magazine
|date=1941-09
|volume=16
|issue=9
|pages=26,76-78
}}</ref> So he unintentionally confirmed that the foreskin is an important part for sensation in the male genitals.
{{LINKS}}
* {{REFweb
|url=http://www.guttmacher.org/about/alan-bio.html
|title=Who was Alan Guttmacher?
|website=Guttmacher Institute
|accessdate=2021-10-11
}}
* {{REFweb
|url=https://hollisarchives.lib.harvard.edu/repositories/14/resources/4581
|title=Alan F. Guttmacher papers, 1860, 1898-1974. H MS c 155
|website=Harvard Medical Library
|accessdate=2021-10-11
}}
{{REF}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Guttmacher, Alan}}
[[Category:Person]]
[[Category:Male]]
[[Category:Deceased]]
[[Category:Jewish]]
[[Category:Physician]]
[[Category:Promoter]]
[[Category:USA]]
|title=Margaret Sanger's Eugenic Legacy
|last=Franks
|first=Angela
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UBJWsbEHmT4C
|page=76
|isbn=978-0-7864-2011-7
|year=2005
|publisher=McFarland
}}</ref> Dr. Guttmacher founded the ''American Association of Planned Parenthood Physicians'', now known as the ''Association of Reproductive Health Professionals'', as a forum for physicians to discuss the birth control pill and other advances in the field. He founded the ''Association for the Study of Abortion'' in 1964. He was a member of the ''Association for Voluntary Sterilization''. The ''Guttmacher Institute'' is named after him.<ref name="WP">{{REFweb
|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Frank_Guttmacher
|title=Alan Frank Guttmacher
|website=Wikipedia
|accessdate=2021-10-11
}}</ref>
== Family ==
Alan Guttmacher was born in 1898 to Rabbi Adolf (Adolph) Guttmacher, and Laura (Oppenheimer) Guttmacher, German Jewish emigrants.<ref name="WP"/>
==Professional history==
Guttmacher was a graduate of Johns Hopkins University and the Hopkins Medical School. He served as Director of Obstetrics and Gynecology and was appointed Obstetrician and Gynecologist-In-Chief at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York for approximately ten years. In 1962, ten years after moving to New York, he became president of the ''Planned Parenthood Federation''. He extended this endeavor by founding the ''Association of Planned Parenthood Physicians'' which included scientists and medical practitioners. From 1964 to 1968, he served as Chairman of the Medical Committee of the ''International Planned Parenthood Federation''. Guttmacher was also a fellow of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecologists, the American Fertility Society, New York Academy of Medicine, and the American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.<ref>"Dr. Alan Guttmacher dies." ''The Baltimore Sun''. 19 March 1974.</ref>
== Circumcision promoter ==
In 1941, Guttmacher claimed that [[foreskin]] would cause dirt to collect under the foreskin in newborns. He spread the false claim that a baby's foreskin must be forcibly retracted and scrubbed daily which is basically impossible without violence due to the [[synechia]] which adheres the foreskin to the [[glans]]. He promoted mass [[circumcision]] as a means of blunting male sexual sensitivity.<ref name="Guttmacher1941">{{REFjournal
|last=Guttmacher
|first=Allan F.
|init=AF
|title=Should the baby be circumcised?
|journal=Parents Magazine
|date=1941-09
|volume=16
|issue=9
|pages=26,76-78
}}</ref> So he unintentionally confirmed that the foreskin is an important part for sensation in the male genitals.
{{LINKS}}
* {{REFweb
|url=http://www.guttmacher.org/about/alan-bio.html
|title=Who was Alan Guttmacher?
|website=Guttmacher Institute
|accessdate=2021-10-11
}}
* {{REFweb
|url=https://hollisarchives.lib.harvard.edu/repositories/14/resources/4581
|title=Alan F. Guttmacher papers, 1860, 1898-1974. H MS c 155
|website=Harvard Medical Library
|accessdate=2021-10-11
}}
{{REF}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Guttmacher, Alan}}
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[[Category:Male]]
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[[Category:Jewish]]
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