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NCFM PR Director Steven Svoboda paper re circumcision published in the Journal of Medical Ethics

April 1, 2014
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NCFM PR Director Steven Svoboda paper re circumcision published in the Journal of Medical Ethics

On March 31, 2014, the Journal of Medical Ethics (JME) published an e-letter by Robert Van Howe, M.D. and Steven Svoboda, entitled, “Non-therapeutic circumcision: The problem of advcocacy-based medicine,” to close an exchange in the JME with notorious circumcision advocate Brian Morris and colleagues. (A final e-letter from Morris and colleagues was also concurrently...
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Posted in Abused Man, Children's' Rights, Circumcision, Discrimination Against Boys, Discrimination Against Males, Discrimination Against Men, Discrimination Men by Men, Genital Mutilation, Health Boys, Health Men, Steven Svoboda, Esq. | 1 Comment »

NCFM KENYA LIAISON REPORTS THAT SIAYA COUNTY DODGED A MANDATORY CIRCUMCISION LAW FOR NEWBORNS AND ADULT MALES

February 18, 2014
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NCFM KENYA LIAISON REPORTS THAT SIAYA COUNTY DODGED A MANDATORY CIRCUMCISION LAW FOR NEWBORNS AND ADULT MALES

On Sunday, 16 Feb 2014 Kenedy Owino, NCFM’s Liaison in Kenya, reported a victory for Intactivists in Africa. Click on the picture to go to Intact Kenya’s Facebook page for more information. Mr. Owino and others have been fighting for males to keep their foreskins at the same time the United States and the Bill and...
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NCFM PR Director and Executive Director for Attorneys for the Rights of the Child announces ARC newsletter for the anti-circumcision movement

January 2, 2014
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NCFM PR Director and Executive Director for Attorneys for the Rights of the Child announces ARC newsletter for the anti-circumcision movement

  We are pleased to announce publication of the 29th issue of the ARC Newsletter, our Fall-Winter 2013 issue. This 44-page issue, produced with the expert collaboration of Newsletter Editor Jonathan Friedman is packed with features including: 1) Eyewitness accounts by ARC Legal Advisor Peter Adler, Aubrey Taylor and I – as well as...
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NCFM PR Director Steven Svoboda on the Maria Sanchez Show re circumcision

November 29, 2013
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NCFM PR Director Steven Svoboda on the Maria Sanchez Show re circumcision

NCFM NOTE: In the last week our Liaison in Kenya, Kennedy Owino, returned home, after traveling to help thwart legislation making circumcision in Kenya mandatory, only to find that his 10-year-old nephew had been forcefully “cut” (circumcised) by a one of two teams traveling the area circumcising boys. In another county a religious court...
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NCFM PR Director J. Steven Svoboda published in the National Post: The perils of circumcision

November 2, 2013
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NCFM PR Director J. Steven Svoboda published in the National Post: The perils of circumcision

By J. Steven Svoboda Last month, the National Post published Mark Joseph Stern’s article (“’Intactivists’ against circumcision, Sept. 19) criticizing  anti-circumcision activists, whom Mr. Stern dismissed as “fringe,” “paranoid” and “bizarre.” But individuals committed to safeguarding children from unnecessary surgical interference include leading scientists, pediatricians, public health researchers, bioethicists, medical historians, and human rights...
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NCFM PR Director Steven Svoboda, Esq. letter to National Post and Slate re horrific circumcision article

October 3, 2013
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NCFM PR Director Steven Svoboda, Esq. letter to National Post and Slate re horrific circumcision article

NCFM NOTE: On September 22, Mr. Svoboda sent a letter to Canada’s leading newspaper, the National Post, and to Slate, in response to Mark Joseph Stern’s horrific article, “‘Intactivists’ Against Circumcision.” Below is the text of the letter. The letter sent to Slate is virtually identical. We need to let children reach the age of majority and let them decide...
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NCFM PR Director J. Steven Svoboda, Esq. review of Forgetting Children Born of War: Setting the Human Rights Agenda in Bosnia and Beyond.

August 20, 2013
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NCFM PR Director J. Steven Svoboda, Esq. review of Forgetting Children Born of War: Setting the Human Rights Agenda in Bosnia and Beyond.

Forgetting Children Born of War: Setting the Human Rights Agenda in Bosnia and Beyond. By R. Charli Carpenter. New York: Columbia University Press, 2010.  273 pages.  www.cup.columbia.edu. No price listed on book but website gives price as $37. Review by J. Steven Svoboda R. Charli Carpenter, assistant professor of political science at the University...
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S. African circumcision ‘hijacked’: minister — 34 boys dead

May 29, 2013
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S. African circumcision ‘hijacked’: minister — 34 boys dead

NCFM NOTE: Circumcision for money? Circumcision for religion? Circumcision for culture? Circumcisions botched, 34 dead boys. You tell us. Is it worth it? What if they had been girls. Would the world be outraged? Absolutely… S. African circumcision ‘hijacked’: minister May 30, 2013 – 5:37AM The Sydney Morning Herald Cape Town: South Africa’s health minister...
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Posted in Circumcision, Discrimination Against Boys, Genital Mutilation, Other | 2 Comments »

NCFM announces the first annual International Foreskin Awareness Week

May 7, 2013
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NCFM announces the first annual International Foreskin Awareness Week

NCFM Press Release San Diego, California, May 7, 2013 The National Coalition For Men (NCFM) proudly announces the first annual International Foreskin Awareness Week, from May 6 to May 12, 2013. Contact: Steven Svoboda, Esq., NCFM PR Director, arc@post.harvard.edu   925-395-2065 “One of NCFM’s goals is to educate the public about the lesser known...
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Posted in Action, Activities, Circumcision, Discrimination Against Boys, Discrimination Against Males, Genital Mutilation | 3 Comments »