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  • Comment: This draft is a noble effort but contains a misapprehension on what is sought when looking at general notability for biographies. The citations broadly are a sum of research Svoboda has undertaken or been cited in or interviews of Svoboda engaging in advocacy. A review of the sources does not show that there is much significant coverage about Svoboda himself to merit an informative overview of an article. This can be seen in the structure of the article itself, which collates Svoboda's appearance in different types of media; were this the standard, any researcher with a wide enough body of work would be eligible for an article. Is there any reliable sourcing that discusses Svoboda's contributions in WP:DEPTH as the subject matter of the source? ＶＲＸＣＥＳ (talk) 11:28, 7 January 2025 (UTC)

J. Steven Svoboda is a children's rights attorney and Harvard Law School graduate.[1][2]: 2 [3] He is a child genital cutting expert. Particularly, he is a circumcision legal expert and scientist.[4][5] He is the founder and executive director of the organization Attorneys for the Rights of the Child (ARC).

Child genital cutting expertise

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He is a child genital cutting expert: he studied the links between intersex surgeries, FGC, Female genital cosmetic surgery and male circumcision.[6]: 220  [7]: 24 [8]: 42 

Attorneys for the Rights of the Child

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In 1997, he founded the California-based NGO Attorneys for the Rights of the Child (ARC).[9][10]: E1 [11]: 142 [12] He is also its executive director.[9][13][14][15] With other advocates and lawyers, ARC has convinced legislators and insurance companies to stop allowing Medicaid, a health programme for poor people, to pay for non-therapeutic neonatal circumcision, in 18 US states, as of 2012.[13][9] Svoboda estimated that this meant hundreds of thousands less circumcisions.[9]

Academic articles

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He has authored and coauthored thorough articles on legal and ethical questions surrounding circumcision, particularly in non-voluntary and non-therapeutic cases.[16](Preface ix)[17][18][3] In 2007, with historian Robert Darby, he wrote the Medical Anthropology Quarterly article A Rose by Any Other Name.[14] In 2013, in the Journal of Medical Ethics, he wrote the article Circumcision of male infants as human rights violation.[19]: 68  The same year and in the same journal, with pediatrician Robert Van Howe, he wrote Out of step: fatal flaws in the latest AAP policy report on neonatal circumcision.[17][20]: 48 [12][17] In 2017, he wrote one of the two American Medical Association Journal of Ethics articles challenging the the morality of infant circumcision.[21]: 53 [20]: 132 [22]: 48 [23]: 740  In it, evaluating various studies, he states that nontherapeutic circumcision iatrogenically harms infants, in physical, emotional and sexual ways.[20]: 132 [22]: 48 [21]: 53 [23]: 740 

Conferences

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He was a speaker, on circumcision, at the 2024 London International Conference on Men's Issues.[1]

Interviews

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In 2006, he was interviewed on routine infant circumcision by Health Progress and in 2008 by Psychology Today.[4][24] He was interviewed a dozen times by radio talk show host María Viola Sánchez.[10]

Medical organizations

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His work was positively quoted by the Royal Dutch Medical Association.[17] In 2013, with pediatrician Robert Van Howe, he criticized the American Academy of Pediatrics's 2012 infant circumcision policy, in the Journal of Medical Ethics article Out of step: fatal flaws in the latest AAP policy report on neonatal circumcision.[17][20]: 132 [22]: 48 [12][17]

References

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  1. ^ a b O'Connor, Cillian (16 July 2024). "Do Men's Rights Groups Have A Point?". FashionBeans. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  2. ^ Reeves, Karli M.; Mishtal, Joanna (2022). "Situating parents' circumcision decision-making within health research, knowledge, and experience" (PDF). SSM - Qualitative Research in Health. 2: 12. doi:10.1016/j.ssmqr.2022.100132.
  3. ^ a b Earp, Brian (19 March 2013). "Journal of Medical Ethics – Special Issue on Circumcision". Journal of Medical Ethics Forum. Journal of Medical Ethics.
  4. ^ a b Clark, Fr. Peter A. (2006). "To Circumcise or Not to Circumcise?". Health Progress. Catholic Health Association of the United States. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
  5. ^ Bansal, Sarika (15 August 2012). "Bumpy ride towards reducing HIV in Zambia through male circumcision". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
  6. ^ Nurka, Camille (2018). Female Genital Cosmetic Surgery. Palgrave Macmillan Cham. p. 268. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-96490-4. ISBN 978-3-319-96489-8. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
  7. ^ Abdulcadir, Jasmine; Adler, Peter W.; Alderson, Priscilla; Alexander, Sophie; Aurenque, Diana; Bader, Dina; Ben-Yami, Hanoch; Bewley, Susan; Boddy, Janice; van den Brink, Marjolein; Bronselaer, Guy; Burrage, Hilary; Ceelen, Wim; Chambers, Clare; Chegwidden, James; Coene, Gily; Conroy, Ronán; Dabbagh, Hossein; Davis, Dena S.; Dawson, Angela; Decruyenaere, Johan; Dekkers, Wim; DeLaet, Debra; De Sutter, Petra; van Dijk, Gert; Dubuc, Elise; Dworkin, Gerald; Earp, Brian D.; Fahmy, Mohamed A. Baky; Ferreira, Nuno; Florquin, Stéphanie; Frisch, Morten; Garland, Fae; Goldman, Ronald; Gruenbaum, Ellen; Heinrichs, Gretchen; Herbenick, Debby; Higashi, Yuko; Ho, Calvin W. L.; Hoebeke, Piet; Johnson, Matthew; Johnson-Agbakwu, Crista; Karlsen, Saffron; Kim, DaiSik; Kling, Sharon; Komba, Everlyne; Kraus, Cynthia; Kukla, Rebecca; Lempert, Antony; Levin Freifrau von Gleichen, Tobe; MacDonald, Noni; Merli, Claudia; Mishori, Ranit; Möller, Kai; Monro, Surya; Moodley, Keymanthri; Mortier, Eric; Munzer, Stephen R.; Murphy, Timothy F.; Nelson, Jamie Lindemann; Ncayiyana, Daniel J.; van Niekerk, Anton A.; O'Neill, Sarah; Onuki, Daisuke; Palacios-González, César; Pang, Myung-Geol; Proudman, Charlotte R.; Richard, Fabienne; Richards, Janet Radcliffe; Reis, Elizabeth; Rotta, Alexandre T.; Rubens, Robert; Sarajlic, Eldar; Sardi, Lauren; Schüklenk, Udo; Shahvisi, Arianne; Shaw, David; Sidler, Daniel; Steinfeld, Rebecca; Sterckx, Sigrid; Svoboda, J. Steven; Tangwa, Godfrey B.; Thomson, Michael; Tigchelaar, Jet; Van Biesen, Wim; Vandewoude, Koenraad; Van Howe, Robert S.; Vash-Margita, Alla; Vissandjée, Bilkis; Wahlberg, Anna; Warren, Nicole (2019). "Medically Unnecessary Genital Cutting and the Rights of the Child: Moving Toward Consensus". The American Journal of Bioethics. 19 (10): 17–28. doi:10.1080/15265161.2019.1643945. hdl:20.500.14018/14098. PMID 31557092. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  8. ^ Abdulcadir, Jasmine; Adler, Peter W.; Almonte, Melanie T.; Anderson, Frank W. J.; Arguedas-Ramírez, Gabriela; Aulisio, Mark P.; Bader, Dina; Balashinsky, David; Baratz, Arlene B.; Bariş, Maide; Bauer, Greta; Behrensen, Maren; Ben-Yami, Hanoch; Boddy, Janice; Bootwala, Yasmin; Bowman-Smart, Hilary; Bruce, Lori; Buckler, Max; Cabral Grinspan, Mauro; Cannoot, Pieter; Carpenter, Morgan; Catto, Marie-Xavière; Catalán, Moisés; Chambers, Clare; Chapin, Georganne; Chegwidden, James; Christian Ghattas, Dan; Clough, Sharyn; Conroy, Ronán M.; Dabbagh, Hossein; Dalke, Katharine B.; Dallière, Sophie; Danon, Limor Meoded; Davis, Dena S.; Davis, Georgiann; Dawson, Angela J.; DeLaet, Debra L.; Dranseika, Vilius; DuBoff, Max; Dwyer, James G.; Earp, Brian D.; Esho, Tammary; Essén, Birgitta; Fahmy, Mohamed A. Baky; Feder, Ellen K.; Ferreira, Nuno; Fillod, Odile; Florquin, Stéphanie; Foldès, Pierre; Fox, Marie; Frisch, Morten; Fusaschi, Michela; Garland, Fae; Geisheker, John; Gheaus, Anca; Giménez Barbat, Teresa; Levin Freifrau von Gleichen, Tobe; Godwin, Samantha; Goldman, Ronald; Gonzalez-Polledo, E. J.; Goodman, Jenny; Gradilla, Alexandro José; Gruenbaum, Ellen; Gwaambuka, Tatenda; Hatem-Gantzer, Ghada; Hakim, M.; Hammond, Tim; Hannikainen, Ivar R.; van der Have, Miriam; Herbenick, Debby; Higashi, Yuko; Hill, B. Jessie; Johansen, R. Elise B.; Johari, Aarefa; Johnson-Agbakwu, Crista; Johnson, Matthew T.; Kimani, Samue; Komba, Eva; Kolak, Julia; Koukoui, Sophia; Kraus, Cynthia; Latham, Stephen R.; Laurent, Bo; Learner, Hazel; Lempert, Antony; Lenta, Patrick; Lesslar, Olivia; Lewis, Jonathan; Liao, Lih-Mei; Lorshbough, Erika; Lurenbaum, Jean-Christophe; MacDonald, Noni E.; McAllister, Ryan; Meddings, Jonathan; Merli, Claudia; Mertens, Mayli; Milos, Marilyn; Mishori, Ranit; Monro, Surya; Moss, Lisa Braver; Munzer, Stephen R.; Nazri, Hannah M.; Ncayiyana, Daniel; Neiders, Ivars; Ngosso, Londé; Nguena, Marianne; van Niekerk, Anton A.; Nobis, Nathan; Oduor, Alphonce Odhiambo; O'Neill, Sarah; Ottenheimer, Deborah; Paalanen, Panda; Palacios-González, César; Qing, Xin; Radcliffe Richards, Janet; Ramus, Franck; Rashid Khan, Abdul; Ray, Saarrah; Reis, Elizabeth; Reis-Dennis, Samuel; Remennick, Larissa; Richard, Fabienne; Roen, Katrina; Rubashkyn, Eliana; Sarajlic, Eldar; Sardi, Lauren; Schuklenk, Udo; Shahvisi, Arianne; Shaw, David; Sinden, Guy; Sidler, Daniel; Skitka, Linda; Somerville, Margaret A.; Sterckx, Sigrid; Svoboda, J. Steven; Taher, Mariya; Tangwa, Godfrey B.; Thomson, Michael; Townsend, Kate Goldie; Travis, Mitchell; Van Howe, Robert S.; Vash-Margita, Alla; Verhagen, Emmanuelle; Vilponen, Tiina; Villani, Michela; Viloria, Hida; Vintiadis, Elly; Virgili, Tommaso; Vissandjée, Bilkis; Ungar-Sargon, Eliyahu; Wahlberg, Anna; Wald, Rebecca; Walsh, Reubs J.; Weisenberg, Desmond; Wenger, Hannah; Wisdom, Travis; Zelayandia, Ernesto; Ziemińska, Renata; Zieselman, Kimberly; Ziyada, Mai Mahgoub (2024). "Genital Modifications in Prepubescent Minors: When May Clinicians Ethically Proceed?". The American Journal of Bioethics: 50. doi:10.1080/15265161.2024.2353823. hdl:11590/474747. PMID 39018160. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  9. ^ a b c d Hebblethwaite, Cordelia (21 August 2012). "Circumcision, the ultimate parenting dilemma". BBC News. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
  10. ^ a b Sánchez, María Viola (Summer 2023). "Circumcision and Regrets from the Mother of Three Sons". Narrative Inquiry in Bioethics. 13 (2): E1 – E2. doi:10.1353/nib.2023.a909675. PMID 38661948. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
  11. ^ Kaplan, Seth D. (2018). Human Rights in Thick and Thin Societies. Cambridge University Press. p. 264. doi:10.1017/9781108557887. hdl:1874/355660. ISBN 9781108471213. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
  12. ^ a b c Gran, Even (9 April 2015). "– Hva, har omskjæring noe med religion å gjøre?!". Fri tanke. Human-Etisk Forbunds. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
  13. ^ a b Liptak, Adam (23 January 2003). "Opponents of Circumcision Use the Legal System and Legislatures to Combat It". New York Times. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
  14. ^ a b Samuels, Shimon (31 May 2020). "Does an international campaign to ban brit mila contribute to antisemitism?". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
  15. ^ "Wiesenthal Centre Slams International Campaign to Ban "Brith Mila" circumcision". Simon Wiesenthal Center. 2 May 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
  16. ^ Glick, Leonard (2005). Marked in Your Flesh. Oxford University Press. p. 384. doi:10.1093/019517674X.001.0001. ISBN 9780198039259.
  17. ^ a b c d e f Yanover, Yori (19 March 2013). "Human Rights Lawyer Challenging AAP Pro-Circumcision Stance". The Jewish Press. Brooklyn. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  18. ^ Lothian, Tracey (28 May 2019). "Is There Any Legitimate Benefit to Newborn Circumcision?". EcoParent Magazine. EcoParent.
  19. ^ Carlin, Na'ama (2022). "Conceptualising Circumcision". Morality, Violence, and Ritual Circumcision. Routledge. p. 192. doi:10.4324/9781003092377. ISBN 9781003092377.
  20. ^ a b c d Goldsmith, HB (2023). "Ethics of circumcision". Man: The Charismatic Gender. Google Book Publishers. p. 191.
  21. ^ a b Hoesch, Matthias; Mooren, Nadine (2020). Joseph Carens: Between Aliens and Citizens. Springer Cham. p. 270. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-44476-1. ISBN 978-3-030-44475-4. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
  22. ^ a b c Poret, Laurent (2019). Violence et Insoumission. Guy Deloeuvre. p. 124.
  23. ^ a b Michalska-Smith, Marta (2017). "Preventing and Responding to Iatrogenesis in Pediatrics" (PDF). AMA Journal of Ethics. 19 (8). American Medical Association: 737–842. doi:10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.8.fred1-1708. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
  24. ^ Hutson, Matthew (1 May 2008). "Head 2 Head: Making The Cut". Psychology Today. Sussex Publishers, LLC. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
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