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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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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 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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