Proposed Reforms

Excellent resources on the topic of bodily autonomy — inclusion here isn’t a blanket endorsement.

Advocacy — US

Intact America

The largest US advocacy organization on this issue. Campaigns, research, public awareness. Genital Autonomy–America merged into it in 2021.

intactamerica.org (opens in new tab)

Advocacy — Global

Intact Global

Launched in 2024 to unite advocates, legal experts and communities worldwide against forced genital cutting. Hosts an annual conference bringing the movement together.

intactglobal.org (opens in new tab)

Clinical

Doctors Opposing Circumcision

Physician-led. Best single starting point for medical-organization statements and clinician-facing material, and maintains a good resources directory.

doctorsopposingcircumcision.org (opens in new tab)

Parents

Your Whole Baby

Parent-facing education: intact care, forced-retraction prevention, printable material for handing to a pediatrician. The most practically useful resource for new parents.

yourwholebaby.org (opens in new tab)

Legal

Attorneys for the Rights of the Child

Legal analysis and litigation on children’s genital autonomy.

arclaw.org (opens in new tab)

Legal

GALDEF

Genital Autonomy Legal Defense and Education Fund. Funds impact litigation and provides resources for attorneys and affected people pursuing legal cases over nonconsensual child genital cutting.

galdef.org (opens in new tab)

Advocacy — UK

15 Square

Formerly NORM-UK. Foreskin health information, conservative treatment advocacy, and support for men and boys with preputial problems.

15square.org.uk (opens in new tab)

Advocacy — Australasia

Darbon Institute

Formerly the Australasian Institute for Genital Autonomy. Research and policy.

darboninstitute.org (opens in new tab)

Direct action

Bloodstained Men & Their Friends

Street protest across the US. Highly visible, deliberately confrontational — worth knowing about, and worth deciding for yourself how you feel about the approach.

bloodstainedmen.com (opens in new tab)

Restoration

NORM

National Organization of Restoring Men. Practical guidance, methods and peer support for foreskin restoration.

norm.org (opens in new tab)

Research

Foregen

Pursuing foreskin regeneration through tissue engineering. Early-stage and experimental — follow it as research, not as an available treatment.

foregen.org (opens in new tab)

Archive

CIRP

The Circumcision Information and Resource Pages. An older archival library holding hard-to-find historical medical statements and papers. Dated in design, valuable in content.

cirp.org (opens in new tab)

Academic

Brian D. Earp

Bioethicist publishing extensively on genital cutting and children’s rights. If you want the argument made rigorously in peer-reviewed venues rather than in advocacy prose, start here.

brianearp.com (opens in new tab)