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U.S. MGM Bill,  2010 (PDF), 2010 (MS Word), 2009 (PDF), 2008 (PDF), 2007 (PDF), 2006 (PDF), 2005 (PDF), 2004 (PDF)

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       U.S. FGM Bill

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State MGM Bills

       Alabama 2010 MGM Bill (PDF), 2010 (MS Word)

       Alaska 2010 MGM Bill (PDF), 2010 (MS Word)

       Arizona 2010 MGM Bill (PDF), 2010 (MS Word)

       Arkansas 2010 MGM Bill (PDF), 2010 (MS Word), 2007 (PDF)

       California MGM Bill

              2010 (PDF), 2010 (MS Word), 2009 (PDF), 2008 (PDF), 2007 (PDF), 2006 (PDF), 2005 (PDF), 2004 (PDF)

              Bill Status

              Bill History

              California FGM Law

              California FGM Bill

       Colorado 2010 MGM Bill (PDF), 2010 (MS Word)

       Connecticut 2010 MGM Bill (PDF), 2010 (MS Word)

       Delaware 2010 MGM Bill (PDF), 2010 (MS Word)

       Florida 2010 MGM Bill (PDF), 2010 (MS Word), 2009 (PDF), 2008 (PDF), 2007 (PDF), 2006 (PDF)

       Georgia 2010 MGM Bill (PDF), 2010 (MS Word), 2008 (PDF), 2007 (PDF)

       Hawaii 2010 MGM Bill (PDF), 2010 (MS Word)

       Idaho 2010 MGM Bill (PDF), 2010 (MS Word)

       Illinois 2010 MGM Bill (PDF), 2010 (MS Word), 2009 (PDF), 2008 (PDF), 2007 (PDF)

       Indiana 2010 MGM Bill (PDF), 2010 (MS Word)

       Iowa 2010 MGM Bill (PDF), 2010 (MS Word), 2009 (PDF), 2008 (PDF), 2007 (PDF)

       Kansas 2010 MGM Bill (PDF), 2010 (MS Word)

       Kentucky 2010 MGM Bill (PDF), 2010 (MS Word)

       Louisiana 2010 MGM Bill (PDF), 2010 (MS Word), 2009 (PDF), 2008 (PDF), 2007 (PDF), 2006 (PDF)

       Maine 2010 MGM Bill (PDF), 2010 (MS Word)

       Maryland 2010 MGM Bill (PDF),  2010 (MS Word), 2009 (PDF), 2008 (PDF), 2007 (PDF), 2006 (PDF)

       Massachusetts 2007 MGM Bill (PDF),  2007 (MS Word)  2006 (PDF)

             Public Hearing

             Bill History

       Michigan 2010 MGM Bill (PDF), 2010 (MS Word), 2009 (PDF)

       Minnesota 2010 MGM Bill (PDF), 2010 (MS Word), 2009 (PDF), 2007 (PDF)

       Missouri 2010 MGM Bill (PDF), 2010 (MS Word), 2006 (PDF)

       Montana 2010 MGM Bill (PDF), 2010 (MS Word)

       Nebraska 2010 MGM Bill (PDF), 2010 (MS Word), 2007 (PDF), 2006 (PDF)

       Nevada 2010 MGM Bill (PDF), 2010 (MS Word)

       New Hampshire 2010 MGM Bill (PDF), 2010 (MS Word)

       New Jersey 2010 MGM Bill (PDF), 2010 (MS Word), 2006 (PDF)

       New Mexico 2010 MGM Bill (PDF), 2010 (MS Word)

       New York 2010 MGM Bill (PDF), 2010 (MS Word), 2009 (PDF), 2008 (PDF), 2007 (PDF), 2006 (PDF)

       North Carolina 2010 MGM Bill (PDF), 2010 (MS Word), 2006 (PDF)

       Ohio 2010 MGM Bill (PDF), 2010 (MS Word), 2008 (PDF), 2007 (PDF)

       Oklahoma 2010 MGM Bill (PDF), 2010 (MS Word), 2009 (PDF)

       Oregon 2010 MGM Bill (PDF), 2010 (MS Word), 2009 (PDF), 2008 (PDF), 2007 (PDF), 2006 (PDF)

       Pennsylvania 2010 MGM Bill (PDF), 2010 (MS Word)

       Rhode Island 2010 MGM Bill (PDF), 2010 (MS Word)

       South Carolina 2010 MGM Bill (PDF), 2010 (MS Word), 2006 (PDF)

       Tennessee 2010 MGM Bill (PDF), 2010 (MS Word), 2006 (PDF)

       Texas 2010 MGM Bill (PDF), 2010 (MS Word), 2009 (PDF), 2008 (PDF), 2007 (PDF)

       Utah 2010 MGM Bill (PDF), 2010 (MS Word), 2009 (PDF), 2008 (PDF), 2007 (PDF), 2006 (PDF)

       Vermont 2010 MGM Bill (PDF), 2010 (MS Word), 2008 (PDF)

       Virginia 2010 MGM Bill (PDF), 2010 (MS Word), 2008 (PDF), 2007 (PDF), 2006 (PDF)

       Washington 2010 MGM Bill (PDF), 2010 (MS Word), 2008 (PDF), 2007 (PDF)

       West Virginia 2010 MGM Bill (PDF), 2010 (MS Word), 2009 (PDF)

       Wisconsin 2010 MGM Bill (PDF), 2010 (MS Word)

City & County MGM Bills

       San Diego 2010 MGM Bill (PDF), 2010 (MS Word)

       San Francisco 2010 MGM Bill (PDF), 2009 (MS Word)

Statistics

Resources

Take Action

       California Fax Blast

       Sample Letters

              Sample Letter 1 - General

              Sample Letter 2 - Victim's Perspective

              Sample Letter 3 - Parent's Perspective

              Sample Letter 4 - Activist's Perspective

              Sample Letter 5 - Physician's Perspective

              Sample Letter 6 - Jewish Perspective

       2010 MGM Bill Submission Guidelines

Government Responses

      California

            Alpert, Dede: 2004-04-05

            Boxer, Barbara: 2005-06-15

            Chan, Wilma: 2006-02-22

            Davis, Susan: 2010-02-03, 2004-07-05

            DeVore, Chuck: 2009-01-27

            DeSaulnier, Mark: 2007-01-12

            Feinstein, Dianne: 2004-08-18

            Gallegly, Elton: 2010-01-11

            Kehoe, Christine: 2005-03-11, 2004/08/17, 2004/04/22

            Ortiz, Deborah : 2005-05-18

            Saldaña, Lori: 2005-04-12

            Woolsey, Lynn: 2006-12-06, 2004/03/09

      Colorado

            Salazar, Ken: 2005-05-05

      Florida

            Badland, Patricia: 2007-02-21

            Harrell, Gayle: 2007-01-26

            Martinez, Mel: 2007-01-19, 2006-07-02

            Nelson, Bill: 2007-01-24

            Phelps, Annette: 2007-02-27

            Weldon, Dave: 2004-05-11

      Illinois

            Cross, Tom: 2007-02-07

            Garrett, Susan: 2010-01-18

      Maryland

            Anderson, Curt: 2007-01-09

            Beitzel, Wendell R: 2007-01-22

            Dwyer, Don: 2006-02-10

            Ehrlich, Robert L: 2006-02-10

            Gilchrest, Wayne T: 2006-03-22

            Montgomery, Karen: 2010-01-18

            Rudolph, David: 2007-01-12

            Sarbanes, Paul: 2006-02-21

      Massachusetts

            Ayers, Bruce: 2006-02-07

            Morrissey, Michael: 2007-04-09

      Minnesota

            Jungbauer, Mike: 2007-02-02

            Berglin, Linda: 2010-01-20

            Holberg, Mary: 2010-01-25

      Missouri

            Oxford, Jeanette Mott: 2006-02-07

      Nebraska

            Engel, Patrick : 2007-01-09

      New Hampshire

            Gregg, Judd: 2004-09-16

      New Jersey

            Bresnitz, Eddy A: 2006-05-25, 2006-03-28

            Frelinghuysen, Rodney: 2005-04-27

      New York

            Canestrari, Ronald: 2005-11-23

            McNulty, Michael: 2005-10-17

            Tedisco, James N: 2006-02-21

      Ohio

            Brown, Sherrod: 2004-03-10

      Oklahoma

            Coburn, Tom: 2009-02-27

      Oregon

            Bates, Alan: 2009-01-12, 2008-01-29, 2006-09-06

            Berger, Vicki: 2007-11-09

            Buckley, Peter: 2007-08-27

            Guerra, Joe: 2006-07-28

            Kotek, Tina: 2008-02-01

            Lim, John: 2008-02-15

            Macpherson, Greg: 2006-09-07, 2006-03-09

            Maurer, Ron: 2008-01-22

            Richardson, Dennis: 2006-02-06

            Thatcher, Kim: 2010-01-11

            Wingard, Matt: 2010-02-09

      Pennsylvania

            Baker, Matthew: 2010-01-25

      South Carolina

            Clark, Kenneth: 2006-02-07

            Haley, Nikki Randhawa: 2006-02-08

            Martin, Larry: 2006-02-06

      Texas

            Cornyn, John: 2005-04-13

            Craddick, Tom: 2007-01-17

            Nelson, Jane: 2010-01-19

      Utah

            Hatch, Orrin: 2006-03-24

      Virginia

            Englin, David: 2007-01-10

            Goode, Virgil: 2005-03-14

            McEachin, Donald: 2006-02-10

            Morgan, Harvey B: 2007-01-10

            Tavenner, Marilyn B: 2007-01-10

            Warner, John: 2008-02-04

      Washington

            Cantwell, Maria: 2006-07-17

            Chapman, Kathy: 2006-06-01

            Ericks, Mark: 2006-04-26

            Hobbs, Steve: 2007-01-10

            Smith, Adam: 2006-07-10

United Nations

AIDS

American Academy of Pediatrics

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

Amnesty International

      2006 Annual General Meeting

      2006 Male Genital Mutilation Resolution, Western Region (PDF)

      2006 Male Genital Mutilation Resolution, Southern Region (PDF)

      2005 Male Genital Mutilation Resolution (PDF)

      2005 MGM Bill Endorsement Resolution (PDF)

      Doctors Opposing Circumcision Letter (PDF)

Multimedia

       Birth As We Know It: Circumcision  WMV

       Facing Circumcision: Eight Physicians Tell Their Stories  WMV

       Floating Words (PPS)

       Highlights from the 2006 Amnesty International AGM  WMV

       It's A Boy! A Circus Opera  WMA  MP3  WAV

       Male Genital Mutilation 101 (PPS)

       Safiyah (PPS)

       The Foreskin: 15 Square Inches of Erogenous Tissue  WMV

       The Nurses of St. Vincent  WMV

       The Time is Now (PPS)

       They Cut Babies, Don't They?  WMV

News

       NS1: Denmark: National Council for Children calls for ban on male circumcision

       NS2: Mother seeks high court order to block circumcision

       NS3: Circumcision completed, despite mom's opposition

       NS4: Father charged with assault for trying to circumcise son

       NS5: Dutch MP wants ban on male circumcision

       NS6: Father convicted in circumcision attempt

       NS7: Man sentenced to 36 months for circumcision attempt

       NS8: Baby dies after allegedly being infected with herpes during circumcision

       NS9: Lawsuit claims circumcision botched

       NS10: Muslim accused of assaulting son through circumcision

       NS11: Circumcision a 'violation of child's rights'

       NS12: Court rules circumcision of four-year-old boy illegal

       NS13: Germany fines man for initiation circumcision

       NS14: Judge rules against boy’s circumcision

       NS15: Alleged circumcision injury prompts suit

       NS16: Divorced parents clash over 12-year-old son's circumcision

       NS17: Controversial Children's Act takes effect today

       NS18: Children's commissioner wants circumcision banned

       NS19: Frankfurt court finds circumcision an unlawful personal injury

       NS20: Doctors back call for circumcision ban

       NS21: Oregon court rejects circumcision case

       NS22: Gaston County Father Charged with Child Abuse, Circumcision

       NS23: Supreme court turns away Oregon circumcision case

       NS24: Politicians eyeing circumcision ban

       NS25: Furor over Proposed Ban of Circumcision in Denmark

       NS26: In Osun, controversy trails move by House of Assembly to outlaw tribal marks, circumcision

       NS27: Rallying in the Name of the Unkindest Cut?

       NS28: Routine operation may be a crime

       NS29: Swedish doctors refuse to circumcise boys

       NS30: Man sentenced in child circumcision case

       NS31: Chiefs apologise to forced initiate

       NS32: Ritual circumcisions 'illegal'

       NS33: Plan to ban circumcision a longshot

       NS34: Circumcision ban bill

       NS35: Circumcision on kitchen floor gets dad a year in jail

       NS36: Doctors Reverse Stand on Circumcision

       NS37: Dutch doctors urge ban on circumcision

Press Releases

       PR1: MGMbill.org Launches Website Promoting Bill to End Male Genital Mutilation in the U.S.  PDF

       PR2: News Organizations Notified of MGM Bill  PDF

       PR3: MGMbill.org Drafts California Male Genital Mutilation Bill  PDF

       PR4: Male Circumcision Bill Proposals Submitted to Congress, California Legislature  PDF

       PR5: State of Georgia Urged to Protect Boys From Genital Mutilation  PDF

       PR6: Activists Condemn Circumcision of Almost 3-year Old Boy  PDF

       PR7: Human Rights Group Says All Circumcisers Should be Arrested  PDF

       PR8: HIV Prevention a Poor Excuse for Circumcision, Activists Say  PDF

       PR9: Jewish Groups Say it's Time to Stop Circumcising Boys  PDF

       PR10: Bill Proposals Would Provide Equal Protection From Circumcision  PDF

       PR11: Activists Call on the United Nations to Classify Male Circumcision as a Human Rights Crime  PDF

       PR12: Child Advocates Urge NYC to Regulate Circumcision  PDF

       PR13: Support Grows for Ban on Male Circumcision  PDF

       PR14: Gay Rights Advocates March Against Male Genital Mutilation  PDF

       PR15: Doctors and Children’s Groups Say Male Circumcision Must be Voluntary, Consensual  PDF

       PR16: Consent Bill Would Make Male Circumcision a Personal Choice  PDF

       PR17: Should Circumcision be for Adults Only?  PDF

       PR18: Health Group Calls for a Change in Circumcision Policy  PDF

       PR19: Circumcision Proposal Adds Fuel to Health Care Debate  PDF

       PR20: Foreskin Man Comic Book Takes on Male Circumcision  PDF

Letters

Endorsements

Publications

       Brochure (2004, PDF)

       Human Rights Report (PPS)

       Male Genital Mutilation Policy Statement (PDF)

       Male Genital Mutilation Policy Statement Booklet (PDF)

       Male Genital Mutilation Fact Sheet (PDF)

       The Truth Seeker: Crimes of Genital Mutilation (PDF)

       A Global Problem (PDF)

       Circumcision and AIDS (PDF)

       Headlines (PDF)

       Foreskin Card (PDF)

       Which Child (PDF)

       Bill and Declaration (PDF)

       Armenia: A History of Pain (PDF)

       American Male (PDF)

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