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Intact America is an advocacy organization seeking to end [http://intactamerica.org circumcision] in America, and to ensure healthy sexual futures for all people.
Intact America (IA) was registered to exhibit at the 2012 [[American Academy of Pediatrics]] (AAP) convention "trade show" in New Orleans, Louisiana. However the AAP revoked Intact America's registration over concerns that IA's presence would exacerbate the [[American_Academy_of_Pediatrics#Criticism| controversy]] over the AAP's recently released 2012 circumcision policy statement(which expired in 2017). IA in turn organized a protest of the AAP which attracted [[intactivists]] from across America to demonstrate at the [https://www.neworleans.com/listing/new-orleans-ernest-n-morial-convention-center/169/ New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center].<ref name="pope2012">{{REFnews
|title=Circumcision activists confront pediatricians
|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/on-faith/anti-circumcision-activists-confront-pediatricians/2012/10/22/f6b7c468-1c88-11e2-8817-41b9a7aaabc7_story.html
}}</ref> This seminal event was the place were the [[intactivist]] protest group [[Bloodstained Men]] was conceived.
[http://circumcisiondebate.com The Circumcision Debate] is Intact America's entry-level companion website designed for non-intactivists. It is meant to be a source of information on issues about male [[circumcision]].
Intact America has no chapters and is not affiliated with other groups imitating its name [e.g. Intact (geographic name)].