Why Circumcision is Unnecessary: A Video Interview with John Travis, MD
Genital Integrity Awareness Week
19th Annual Demonstration / March Against Infant Circumcision
United States Capitol - Washington D.C.
March 26th - April 1st, 2012
What you will learn in this video:
America's circumcision rates have dropped to 33%. The question now is why was circumcision -- the only surgery performed on non-consenting neonates - started in the first place? Why did it become a "surgical procedure in search of a disease"? Can a circumcised doctor take care of an intact boy? What neurological and emotional damage has been done to circumcised males? What are the studies that show these correlations? Circumcision affects relationships as well. Dr. Travis states that circumcised men have two sexual gears, on and off. The removal of 3/4s of the most sensitive skin on their penises eans circumcised men often have to fake foreplay, which means women often have to fake orgasm—the men no longer have the equipment they were designed to enjoy it with. With more parents waking up to the medically unnecessary surgery performed on non-consenting neonates, will a public outcry against this human rights abuse lead to its banishment, as the Dutch medical association has recommended?
Dr. Travis spoke to Lisa Reagan, associate editor for Pathways to Family Wellness magazine and Kindred's executive editor, on a range of circumcision issues in the summer of 2011.
Resources for Circumcision
Intact America. Intact America works to protect babies and children from circumcision and all other forms of medically unnecessary genital alteration, whether carried out for cultural conformity or profit, in medical or non-medical settings. We seek to achieve our goals through education, advocacy, public policy reform, and the empowerment of our supporters, partners, and volunteers. You can read our Statement of Principles here.
National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers. NOCIRC was founded by healthcare professionals to provide information to expectant parents, healthcare professionals, educators, lawyers, ethicists, and concerned individuals about circumcision and genital cutting of male, female, and intersex infants and children, genital integrity, and human rights.
National Organization of Restoring Men (NORM), Information and Support Group on Foreskin Restoration
National Organization to Halt the Abuse and Routine Mutilation of Males, NOHARMM,
Activist Organization for Men
Nurses for the Rights of the Child, NRC, Conscientious Objector Information for Nurses
Doctors Opposing Circumcision, DOC, Physician Information and Networking
Attorneys for the Rights of the Child, ARC
Jewish Circumcision Resource Center
Article by Lisa Reagan
Lisa Reagan is the Executive Editor for Kindred Community, and the co-founder and past president of Families for Conscious Living. She is currently the associate editor for Pathways to Family Wellness magazine and the parent representative on the board of di... read more
Article by John W. Travis, MD
John W. Travis completed his medical degree in Boston and a residency in general preventive medicine at Johns Hopkins University. He subsequently founded the first wellness centre in the US, developed the first Wellness Inventory (now available online), and co-authored the Wellness Workbook. Realising, in 1991, that how children are raised has far more influence on their la... read more
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