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While she and her son were still hiding from a signed warrant for her arrest<ref>{{REFweb
| quote= | url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190320175635/https://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/palm-beach/fl-circumcision-court-battle-hearing-20150310-story.html | title=Judge orders West Boynton mom's arrest in circumcision case | last=Freeman | first=Marc | publisher=SunSentinel (via archive.org) | website= | date=2015-03-10 | accessdate=2019-09-14
}}</ref>, they have already become very famous in the [[intactivists]] movement. Heather Hironimus appealed to the community: "I am pleading with fellow intactivists, parents and all others to help me save my son, his foreskin, his rights and hopefully other children from allowing the ‘system’ to make these decisions”.<ref>{{REFweb
| quote= | url=http://www.browardpalmbeach.com/news/florida-mom-fights-court-order-to-circumcise-her-3-year-old-son-6454262 | title=Florida Mom Fights Court Order to Circumcise Her 3-Year-Old Son | last=Funcheon | first=Deidra | publisher=Broward Palm Beach New Times | website= | date=2014-05-14 | accessdate=2019-09-14
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It seemed as if the father of young Chase found a doctor who was willing to circumcise his son on 11 June 2015, in Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital (JDCH) in Hollywood, Florida, as [[Intact America]] stated on their Facebook page. Protests against the doctor and the hospital by thousands of intactivists, plus a Cease and Desist Order<ref>{{REFweb
| quote= | url=http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/news/local/last-minute-effort-made-to-stop-boynton-boys-circu/nmbdm/ | title=Last minute effort made to stop Boynton boy's circumcision | last= | first= | publisher=Palm Beach Post | website= | date= | accessdate=
}}</ref> by Heather's new attorney seem to have cancelled the scheduled circumcision at the JDCH so far.<ref>{{REFweb
| quote= | url=http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/news/local/hospital-circumcision-of-boynton-boy-didnt-happen/nmb9B/ | title=Hospital circumcision of Boynton boy didn't happen | last= | first= | publisher=Palm Beach Post | website= | date= | accessdate=
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On 24 July 2015, Heather still did not get back custody for her son and stated in the press that she still doesn't know if he has been circumcised.<ref>{{REFweb
| quote= | url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161116124835/http://www.gossipextra.com/2015/07/24/heather-hironimus-circumcision-battle-continues-5064/ | title=EXCLUSIVE — Heather Hironimus: I Still Don’t Know if my Son Has Been Circumcised! | last=Lambiet | first=Jose | publisher=Gossip Extra (via archive.org) | website= | date=2015-07-24 | accessdate=2019-09-14
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In January 2017, the Assistant State Attorney filed a notice with the Judge, stating that she has successfully completed the program. In July 2015, her attorney had worked out an agreement with prosecutors on Hironimus’ behalf. She had to enter a pre-trial intervention program which included a mental heath evaluation, a four-hour parenting course and other provisions. Prosecutors now have dropped the single felony charge of interference with custody.<ref>{{REFweb
| quote= | url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180220170018/http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/crime--law/charges-dropped-against-boynton-mom-who-fought-son-circumcision/2GDmBYbkPXC8prlU91r1aL/ | title=Charges dropped against Boynton mom who fought son’s circumcision | last=Duret | first=Daphne | publisher=Palm Beach Post (via archive.org) | website= | date=2017-02-20 | accessdate=2019-09-14
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{{REFSEEALSO}}* [[Nebus vs Hironimus]]
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* [http://www.wpbf.com/news/mother-battling-circumcision-now-a-fugitive/31718582 Mother battling circumcision now a fugitive]
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