Intact America
Intact America is a registered non-governmental Intactivist (pro-intact or anti-infant circumcision) organization. It was founded in 2008 to argue that circumcising non-consenting minors is unethical, medically unnecessary and should be abandoned. It states that circumcision reduces sexual sensation in males and that forcibly removing erogenous tissue from children is unethical. Intact America uses traditional media, social-networking, demonstrating, and other methods to encourage social change. The group has been mentioned in the "Chicago Tribune", "New York Times", MSNBC, and "Huffington Post". Participation in public policy debate on circumcision. In June 2009, Intact America issued  a public statement about the Centers for Disease Control's (CDC) conference on HIV, urging the CDC "to study the risks and ethics before recommending neonatal male circumcision." Intact America stated that "The CDC is moving down a path towards an indefensible recommendation in favor of subjecting newborn baby boys to unnecessary and potentially risky surgery with no medical benefit." On October 19, 2009, Intact America published an open letter in the "Washington Post" addressed to the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), urging it to inform parents about the ethical and health implications of circumcision. When the AAP released its  new circumcision policy on August 27, 2012, Intact America formally demanded that the AAP retract it because it was biased and did not protect the child's rights: "It appears that the AAP is acting more as a trade association for doctors who perform this unnecessary surgery more than 1 million times a year, instead of standing up for the human rights and bodily integrity of the only patient that counts—the baby boy." In May 2013, Intact America applied for a booth inside the exhibit hall of the annual convention of the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG ). When the ACOG denied this application because "male circumcision is … of only casual interest to members of ACOG." Intact America protested outside the convention. Obstetricians perform the majority of the million circumcisions that take place each year in the U.S. Leadership. Georganne Chapin is Intact America's executive director. Intact America is maintained by donations from private donors. The organization is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code.