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Steven Svoboda remarried in 2018 to the former [https://ginamariamelems.wordpress.com/| Gina Maria Mele], a business consultant with a Master's degree in neurobiology. He has two children, a boy and a girl.<ref name="NCMSvoboda "/>{{PUB}} * {{REFjournal | last=Svoboda | first=J. Steven | coauthors=Robert S. Van Howe, James G. Dwyer | title=Informed consent for neonatal circumcision: an ethical and legal conumdrum | journal=The Journal of Contemporary Law and Policy | date=Fall 2000 | volume=17 | issue= | pages=61 | url=http://www.cirp.org/library/legal/conundrum/ | quote= | pubmedID= | pubmedCID= | DOI= | accessdate=2019-09-30}}
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==Education==
Svoboda graduated cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1991. Previously, he received a bachelor's degree in Physics and English studies from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), receiving awards as an Outstanding Student in each of his two majors as well as being one of five Outstanding Seniors chosen from his undergraduate class. He then received a master's degree in Physics from the University of California at Berkeley.<ref name="ARC Bio">{{cite web|title=J. Steven Svoboda bioREFweb |url=http://www.arclaw.org/about-us/people/j-steven-svoboda-esq |title=J. Steven Svoboda bio |trans-title= |language= |last= |first= |publisher= |website=Attorneys for the Rights of the Child (ARC)arclaw |date=2019 |accessdate=March 12, 20162019-09-30 |format= |quote=}}</ref>
In 2015, he gave a speech on the topic "The rights of the child vs the rights of the parent" on the [[Genital_Autonomy_and_Children’s_Rights#14th_Symposium_.282015_in_Frankfurt.2C_Germany.29|14th symposium]] of [[Genital Autonomy and Children’s Rights]].
Svoboda was invited by the United Nations to participate in a 2001 human rights meeting in Geneva where his presentation was the basis of a committee of experts writing a UN document entirely devoted to the subject of male circumcision.<ref name="ARC Bio" />
He was interviewed on Penn and Teller's television program on Showtime (TV network), where he explained his view of some of the legal aspects concerning male circumcision in the United States.<ref>{{cite web|title=Penn & Teller videoREFweb |url=http://www.arclaw.org/our-work/videos/steven-svoboda-penn-tellers-bullshit |title=Penn & Teller video |trans-title= |language= |last= |first= |publisher= |website=Attorneys for the Rights of the Child (ARC) |date=2016-03-12 |accessdate=March 12, 20162019-09-30 |format= |quote=}}</ref>
After the death in June 2011 of his friend, the activist [[Van Lewis]], Svoboda was invited to deliver a memorial speech in Lewis' honor at a memorial service in Tallahassee. Many activists contributed to Svoboda's memorial talk.<ref>{{cite web|title=Van Lewis Eulogy by Steven SvobodaREFweb |url=http://www.arclaw.org/resources/articles/van-lewis-eulogy-steven-svoboda |title=Van Lewis Eulogy |trans-title= |language= |last=Svoboda |first=J. Steven |publisher= |website=Attorneys for the Rights of the Child (ARC) |date=2011 |accessdate=March 12, 20162019-09-30 |format= |quote=}}</ref>
ARC's work has been recognized by Harvard Law School, the ''New York Times'', the ''Wall Street Journal'', ''Men's Health'' magazine, and numerous other well-known organizations and publications.<ref name="ARC Bio" />
He is the senior board member of and Public Relations Director for the National Coalition for Men, which claims to be the world's oldest and largest non-profit devoted to publicizing the alleged harm done to men and boys by gender discrimination.<ref name=NCMSvoboda />
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