Circumcision: Resource List

PUBLICATIONS

"Answers to Your Questions About Circumcision". Educational pamphlet
(revised 9/95). Two copies/$1.00 and SASE. NOCIRC,  P.O. Box  2512, San
Anselmo, CA  94979-2512.

Answers to Your Questions About Your Young Son's Intact Penis".
Educational pamphlet (5/95). Two copies/$1 and SASE. NOCIRC, P.O. Box 2512,
San Anselmo, CA 94979-2512.

Childbirth Education Foundation, circumcision information. Send SASE for
free information. CEF, P.O. Box 5, Richboro, PA  18954.

Parents of Intact Sons, free information on the benefits of leaving your boy
intact. RR1, Box 1324A, E. Stroudsburg, PA  18301.

"The Joy of Being a Boy", by Elizabeth Noble with Leo Sorger, M.D. A book to
reassure the young boy and his family that a natural penis is normal and to
teach the boy how to care for himself. $6.50 ppd. New Life Images, 448
Pleasant Lake Avenue, Harwich, MA  02645.

"Say NO to Circumcision! 40 Compelling Reasons Why You Should Respect His
Birthright and Keep Your Son Whole", by Thomas Ritter, M.D. $10.95, plus $2
S/H ($0.95 sales tax in CA). NOCIRC, P.O. Box 2512, San Anselmo, CA  94979-2512.

Circumcision: The Hidden Trauma ($18.95) and Questioning Circumcison: 
A Jewish Perspective ($11.95) by Ronald Goldman, Ph.D., add $3 S & H. 
Circumcision Resource Center, P.O. Box 232, Boston, MA 02133

"Circumcision", by M. Barrie. 58 pp. EDTA Productions, 14 Rosewood Court,
Alexandra Road, Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey, England.

"Circumcision: An American Custom", by Mary Milvich. $4.50 ppd. Mary Milvich,
Dept. N., 208 Little Elk Creek, Snowmass, CO  81654.

"Childbirth Picture Book", by Fran P. Hosken, drawings by Marcia L.
Williams. One sample book:$3 plus $1 USA, $4 air worldwide S/H. Please
specify English, French or Spanish. WIN NEWS, 187 Grant St., Lexington, MA
02173.

"Trust Your Body! Trust Your Baby! Childbirth Wisdom and Caesarean
Prevention", $14.95. Andrea Frank Henkart, 61 Del Oro Lagoon, Novato, CA  94949.

"Newborn Circumcision: An Enigma of Health", by Dr. George Williams. A
refutation of the most common medical arguments for male circumcision. 8
pages; 133 references. $5 ppd. NOCIRC, P.P. Box 2512, San Anselmo, CA
94979-2512.

"Non-Ritual Circumcision: New Facts & Old Myths". Workshop presented by
Harry Meislahn at 12th. Annual Conference of Midwives of North America.
October 1, 1994. $5 ppd. NOCIRC of IL/Winnetka, Dept. N 976 Pine Street,
Winnetka, IL  60093.

"Jewish Women Speak Out", edited by Kayla Weiner, Ph.D., and Arinna Moon,
M.A. $18.95 plus $3 S/H. Miriam Pollack, 1815 Virginia St., Berkeley, CA 94703.

"Awakenings: Preliminary Poll of Circumcised Men (Revealing the Long-Term
Harm and Healing the Wounds of Infant Circumcision)". $25. ppd. NOHARMM,
Dept N., P.O. Box 460795, San Francisco, CA  94146.

"Blood-Sport Memorial: A Spiritual Service for the Yearly Human Rights
Commemoration in Memory of Circumcised Children & All Victims of Genital
Mutilation", by Mary Gibson Dunne. Based on the U.N.'s Convention on the
Rights of the Child and the Eastern Orthodox Christian Observance of
Remembering Slaughtered Children. $27.95 plus $4.50 domestic, $6
international S/H. Ecumenics International Press, P.O. Box 144, Sloatsburg,
NY  10974.

"The Joy of Uncircumcising!", Second Edition, by Jim Bigelow, Ph.D., 1995. 
(Out of Print)

"NORM NEWS", David Smith, Editor. Send SASE and Postal Reply Coupon. David
Smith, "Arran", Bury Bank, Stone, Staffordshire ST 15 0QA, England.

Billy Ray Boyd. Circumcision Exposed: Rethinking a Medical and Cultural Tradition.
Freedom, California, USA: The Crossing Press, 1998. (ISBN 0-89594-939-3)

Paul M. Fleiss, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.A.P., with Frederick M. Hodges, D. Phil.
Sweet Dreams: A pediatrician's secrets for your child's good night's sleep.
Los Angeles: Lowell House, 2000. (ISBN 0-7373-0494-4) 

Paul M. Fleiss, M.D. and Frederick M. Hodges, D. Phil. What your
Doctor May Not Tell you about Circumcision: Untold Facts on 
America's Most Widely Performed - and most Unnecessary Surgery. 
New York: Warner Books, 2002. (ISBN: 0-446-67880-5)

ORGANIZATIONS

National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers provides
information and encourages research regarding circumcision. There is a
network of regional and international NOCIRC information centers. For more
information write: National Organization of Circumcision Information
Resource Centers, P.O. Box 2512, San Anselmo, CA  94979-2512.

National Organization to Halt the Abuse and Routine Mutilation of Males
(NOHARMM). "We are a national, non-violent, direct action network of men
organized against routine infant circumcision. We educate men about the
purpose and benefits of normal male genitalia and the deception behind
circumcision to help Americans recognize its impact on human rights. We
support and empower men to voice their concerns by involvement in local and
national efforts to end circumcision. With a firm policy against racism,
sexism, ageism, homophobia and anti-Semitism, we impugn no race or religion,
but assert that an intact body is a universal right." Tim Hammond, Founder,
P.O. Box 460795, San Francisco, CA  94146-0795.

The Circumcision Resource Center is a nonprofit organization
with the purpose of educating the public and professionals about
circumcision. The Center is a valuable source of information for
expectant parents, childbirth educators, the medical profession,
the psychological profession, men, Jews, and others. Ronald Goldman,
Ph.D., executive director, CRC, P.O. Box 232, Boston, MA 02133.
http://www.circumcision.org/

"The Intact Network is an ad hoc non-profit international human rights
activist working group founded and directed by intact men and women united
to save infants and children from the pain, torture, and destruction of
genital mutilation. As whole human beings we speak the truth and expose the
lies of the circumcisers in order to stop the horror of sexual mutilation
wherever it occurs on our planet." The "Intact Network" newsletter is
published bimonthly for intact/restored(ing) men, parents of intact
children, and significant partners of intact/restored men. Ken Derifield,
P.O. Box 82, Wahpeton, ND  58074.

Peaceful Beginnings
Rosemary Romberg
13020 Homestead Court
Anchorage, AK  99516

Nurses for the Rights of the Child, is also NOCIRC of NM/Santa Fe, 369
Montezuma #354, Santa Fe, NM 87501.

Patients in ARMS (Activists Reforming Medical Standards). A nonprofit
organization dedicated to providing emotional support and assistance to
victims of all kinds of medical malpractice. "We work with other patient
support groups and professionals who are also aware of the desperate need to
improve our present medical system." SASE brings more info. Jerry and Carla
Miller, Founders/Directors, Dept N, 7480 Gravois, Dittmer, MO  63021.

Doctors Opposing Circumcision (DOC), a non-profit organization
dedicated to promoting human rights principles in pediatric, neonatal and
obstetric practice, serves the medical community by providing physicians
with scientific and educational materials and by providing a forum for
ethical patient advocacy and the reform of medical practice. DOC offers
support and advice for health-care professionals who seek to stop the
socially-sanctioned genital mutilation of minors. George C. Denniston, M.D.,
MPH, 2442 NW Market St., Suite 42, Seattle, WA  98107-4137.

JEWISH RESOURCES

Jewish Associates of the Circumcision Resource Center invites Jews who
question circumcision to visit their web site.

The Alternative Bris Support Group provides information and support
to Jewish parents who question circumcision. An information packet
that addresses the Jewish issues associated with circumcision is
available. Helen Bryce, P.O. Box 1305, Capitola, CA  95010-1305,
phone (831) 475-3313.

Moshe Rothenberg
715 Ocean Parkway # 2K
Brooklyn, NY  11230
(718) 859-0650

Norm Cohen, POB 333, Birmingham, MI 48012-0333
Tel: 810-642-5703, Fax: 810-642-9528

VIDEO

"The Nurses of St. Vincent: Saying "No" To Circumcision", by Barry
Ellsworth. Video profiles six of the conscientious objector nurses who
refused to assist in neonatal circumcision at St. Vincent Hospital, Santa
Fe, New Mexico. 18 minutes. On the same tape: NOHARMM Rally at the CMA (12
minutes). VHS. $25 plus $4S/H. (8.25% sales tax in NY.) Fireball Films,
Ltd., 874 Broadway, #1005, New York, NY  10003.

The award-winning documentary, "Whose Body, Whose Rights?", which
examines the ethics and the human rights issue of infant male circumcision,
is now available to the educational market (high schools, colleges,
universities and public libraries) from: University of California Center
for Media and Independent Learning, 2000 Center Street, Fourth Floor,
Berkeley CA 94704. Tel 510-642-0460, fax 510-643-9271. Those wishing
to purchase this video for private home use may still order from:
VideoFinders, 4401 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles CA 90027. Tel 1-800-343-4727.

LEGAL

For legal action contact a knowledgable attorney in wrongful and malpractice
circumcision cases:

David J. Llewellyn,
Attorney at Law, 
Johnson & Ward
2100 The Equitable Building
100 Peachtree Street, N.W.
Atlanta, Georgia 30303-1912
Telephone: 404-524-5626

IN PROGRESS

Parents who have protected their sons from circumcisers, please send your
positive accounts for a publication on the subject to: Robert L. Stewart,
Creative Concept Center, P.O. Box 1626, Mattituck, NY  11952.

Evaluation of Circumcision Information in Books on Childbirth and Parenting.
Form available from Harry Meislahn, NOCIRC of IL, 976 Pine St., Winnetka,
IL  60093.                    

[thanks to Albert Fields]


(File revised 15 February 2008)

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