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Bollinger's involvement in [[intactivism]] grew out his commitment to equal rights; he fought to help pass the Equal Rights Amendment in Indiana when he was in college. "[[Circumcision]] was an issue I could relate to—not only because I was [[circumcised]], but because of the equal rights aspect. For most of my life I’ve been troubled by night terrors that I later became convinced were an early recollection of my [[circumcision]] at age three-days."
==Estimated cost of circumcision for Americans==
Bollinger estimated the total cost of [[circumcision]] in 2012 for Americans, when all costs are included, to be $3.6 billion annually.<ref>{{REFweb
|url=https://www.academia.edu/6442587/High_Cost_of_Circumcision_3.6_Billion_Annually
|title=High Cost of Circumcision: $3.6 Billion Annually
|last=Bollinger
|first=Dan
|author-link=Dan Bollinger
|publisher=Academia
|website=https://www.academia.edu
|date=2012
|accessdate=2024-06-21
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|quote=As the saying goes, follow the money. Now you know why neither the [[American Academy of Pediatrics]], American Medical Association, [[American Academy of Family Physicians]], or the [[American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists]] haven’t condemned this unnecessary surgery, and why their physician members are quick to recommend the procedure to expectant parents.
}}</ref> He has since updated his estimate of total annual cost in 2020 to be $5,685,000,000 or nearly six billion dollars per year.<ref>{{REFbook
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|year=2024
|title=Skin in the Game
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|page=28
|publisher=Intact America
|ISBN=
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|accessdate=2024-08-28
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== Award for intactivism ==
|quote=Bollinger said his hope is to bring the issue of circumcision to a “tipping point,” after which it will no longer be a societal norm.
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