Category: ’Circumcision/Intactivism’
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Welcome to the April Carnival of Natural Parenting: Compassionate Advocacy This post was written for inclusion in the monthly Carnival of Natural Parenting hosted by Code Name: Mama and Hobo Mama. This month our participants have shared how they advocate for healthy, gentle parenting choices compassionately. Please read to the… 
Intact in America (When Circ Was All the Rage)
A reader responded quite eloquently on a couple of my circumcision posts several months ago. I emailed and asked him if he would allow me to rework and publish his comments, and he graciously submitted a guest post. I hope his perspective as an intact male – from a generation…
Natural Parenting and Breastfeeding Facebook Communities
I was flattered that a reader nominated Code Name: Mama’s Facebook fan page for Babble’s “favorite FB fan pages for parents.”1 I was even more excited to see the large number of both natural parenting and breastfeeding fan pages nominated. But since Babble isn’t the best mouthpiece for breastfeeding supporters…
Compassionate Advocacy
In the past several weeks, I’ve seen a spotlight put on some of the comments from a minority of “inactivists” and “lactivists” on various news stories and tragedies. I think (although I can’t know) that most of these comments are from the fringe. Every movement has people who have very…
Informed Consent Advocacy Letter
Yesterday I posted seven ways you can get involved in the advocacy efforts to reduce routine, medically unnecessary infant circumcision. One of the ideas listed asks you to write letters to your local hospitals, urging them to require physicians to give parents complete information on the risks involved in routine…
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