Our Work

Attorneys for the Rights of the Child has been active in a number of areas. None of our attorneys or support staff currently receives any compensation whatsoever.

Letters

ARC Submits Letter to Pediatrics Critiquing Circumcision Policy Statement » Thursday, September 6, 2012
We submitted the letter below to Pediatrics on September 6, 2012 in response to the recently issued American Academy of Pediatrics'...
ARC Letter to New York Times Re: "Benefits of Surgery Are Said to Outweigh Risks" » Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Re: "Benefits of Surgery Are Said to Outweigh Risks" (Augsut 27) To the Editor:
AAP Publishes Letter from ARC's Peter Adler in Response to New Circumcision Policy » Thursday, August 30, 2012
The New AAP Circumcision Policy: Wrong in Fact and Law Peter W. Adler, Attorney Attorneys For the Rights of the Child
ARC's Peter Adler - Letter to Pediatrics and New York Times » Wednesday, August 29, 2012
The American Academy of Pediatrics asserts that the health benefits of newborn male circumcision outweigh the risks, that parents have the...
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Presentations

Strange Yet Familiar Bedfellows—Effectively Addressing Chronic Issues Encountered when Law and Human Rights Seek to Protect Bodily Integrity, J. Steven Svoboda » 10/2/2012
Presentation at the Twelfth NOCIRC Symposium, Helsinki, Finland, September 30-October 3, 2012
Protecting All from Genital Cutting—Law, Human Rights, and Demedicalization » 9/1/2011
Steven Svoboda presenting his paper, "Protecting All from Genital Cutting—Law, Human Rights, and Demedicalization," at the...
Circumcision: Past, Present, Future » 4/26/2009
Annual Convention of the Association for Pre- and Perinatal Psychology and Health (APPPAH), Pacific Grove, California, April 26, 2009 (with...
Three-Fourths Were Abnormal'- Male Circumcision, Medicine, Culture and Law » 7/4/2008
Genital Cutting in a Globalized Age Interdisciplinary Conference, London, July 4, 2008.
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Media Work

Steven's Los Angeles Radio Show Overviews Recent Important Events in Intactivism » 6/17/2013
On Wednesday, June 12, 2013, I appeared on Maria Sanchez' hour-long show, "The Maria Sanchez Show," on Los Angeles-based...
Steven's Los Angeles Radio Show Overviews Intactivism » 5/3/2013
On Friday, April 26, 2013, I appeared on Maria Sanchez' hour-long internet radio show, "The Maria Sanchez Show,"...
Steven on "A Voice for Men" Internet Radio Show » 1/5/2012
I have just learned that I will be appearing on the Internet radio show "A Voice for Men" tonight. The show starts at 6PM Pacific...
January 5, 2012 Radio Show Successful » 1/12/2012
My appearance on the Internet radio show "A Voice for Men" on January 5, 2012 went well.
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Videos

Steven Svoboda on Penn & Teller's Bullshit! » 4/25/2005
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A clip of Steven Svoboda's appearance on Penn & Teller's Bullshit!...
Circumcision - Medical Myths » 10/3/2009
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Uploaded by Bonobo3D on Oct 3, 2009 J. Steven Svoboda, founder and executive...
HIV/AIDS - Male Circumcision » 1/23/2010
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Uploaded by Bonobo3D on Jan 23, 2010 J. Steven Svoboda, founder and executive...
Circumcision - Attorneys for the Rights of the Child » 1/24/2010
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Uploaded by Bonobo3D on Jun 24, 2010 Steven Svoboda, founder of Attorneys for...
Circumcision Lawsuits » 7/31/2011
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Uploaded by Bonobo3D on Jun 28, 2010 J. Steven Svoboda, founder of Attorneys...

Conferences

Biannual NOCIRC Symposium » 1/8/2011
Abstract submitted for the biannual NOCIRC Symposium, to be held September 4-6 in Keele, England. "Three-Fourths Were Abnormal...
London's Interdisciplinary "Genital Cutting in a Globalized Age" Conference Highly Successful » 4/7/2008
 

Projects

AAP Task Force on Circumcision » 1/27/2010
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is set to release its new policy on circumcision later this year. According to a January 19, 2010...
An update on the Boldt v. Boldt Oregon case » 1/24/2008
In Boldt v. Boldt, the Oregon case in which a recently converted Jewish father has been seeking the circumcision of his twelve-year-old son...
Co-founding of PR Network » 1/1/2006
Under Al Fields’ leadership, ARC and NOCIRC worked together to create a PR Network (originally known as the “Fax Network...
State Lawsuits over Misappropriation of Taxpayer Funds » 1/1/2006
We are currently preparing to file qui tam actions in a number of states regarding state expenditure of taxpayer money for medically...
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Call for Abstracts

GENITAL AUTONOMY 2014
“Whole Bodies, Whole Selves: Activating Social Change”
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The 13th International Symposium on Genital Autonomy and Children’s Rights

University of Colorado
Boulder, Colorado, USA

July 24-26, 2014

Click here to view abstract guidelines and submission details.

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