Pamphlets
Below are links to pamphlets about circumcision. You are welcome to download, read, and distribute any of the pamphlets. Most are formatted to be printed on 8.5″x11″ paper and trifolded. The Bay Area Intactivists are not the authors of most of these documents– if you have questions about their contents, please direct the your questions to the respective authors.
Circumcision vs. breastfeeding – “Scientific evidence that the trauma of circumcision makes it harder for a baby to learn how to suckle”, by Circumstitions.com – undated
Position statements of various medical organizations
“Science Fact or Science Fiction: Could Circumcision Really Prevent AIDS?” – a claim made by NOCIRC* of Birmingham, MI, undated
Defending Ritual Violence: How the ACLU opposes equality, sexual freedom, and men’s right to body autonomy – a statement by the Bay Area Intactivists about the American Civil Liberties Union and their position on circumcision, undated
Educating Parents About Not Circumcising – by Gillian Longley, RN, of ColoradoNOCIRC.org, Nov. 2015
Genital Autonomy: Why Circumcision Must Be Stopped – by Jonathan Friedman, the Subversion Factory, April 2012
Infant Circumcision Leaflet (Side 1) – The first side of our own leaflet on circumcision, with a set of bullet points, undated
Infant Circumcision Leaflet (Side 2) – The reverse side of this leaflet, with additional bullet points, undated
NOCIRC #3: Answers to Your Questions About Infant Circumcision – September 2009
NOCIRC #3 (Spanish): Respuesta a Sus Preguntas Sobre la Circuncisión de Bebés – September 2009
NOCIRC #4: Answers to Your Questions About Your Young Son’s Intact Penis
NOCIRC #4 (Spanish): Respuesta a Sus Preguntas Sobre el Pene Intacto de Su Hijo Pequeño
NOCIRC #5: Answers to Your Questions About Your Young Son’s Circumcised Penis
NOCIRC #7: Answers to Your Questions About Avoiding Circumcision After the Neonatal Period
NOCIRC #9: Answers to Your Questions about Female Circumcision
NOCIRC #10: Answers to Your Questions About the Bioethics of Infant Circumcision
NOCIRC #11: Answers to Your Questions about Circumcision and HIV/AIDS
NOCIRC #12: Answers to Your Questions about Circumcision and MRSA
Non-Surgical Foreskin Restoration
Religion/Catholicism: Catholic Teachings on Circumcision
Religion/Christianity: Christian Parents and the Circumcision Issue
Religion/Islam: Islam and Circumcision
Religion/Judaism: Brit Shalom – A Peaceful Alternative
Religion/Mormonism: Mormonism and Circumcision
*NOCIRC is the National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers, www.nocirc.org