>The argument as raised above stands: why is circumcision — done at birth and without the consent of the patient — permissible,
Because we make a lot of medical decisions for children and this one is extremely minor with wide raining results.
The same paper you linked showed multiple pathologies that are significantly reduced by circumcision including penile cancer and HIV. That paper also cuts off at 1999. More recent studies show even greater effects.
> the claim is absurd. There's no science to support it.
No it's not, compare the rate of cervical cancer in countries with and without circumcision. It's considerably higher in countries where the majority of males are uncircumcised, even when those countries have higher vaccination rates and better overall health care.
Because we make a lot of medical decisions for children and this one is extremely minor with wide raining results.
The same paper you linked showed multiple pathologies that are significantly reduced by circumcision including penile cancer and HIV. That paper also cuts off at 1999. More recent studies show even greater effects.
> the claim is absurd. There's no science to support it.
No it's not, compare the rate of cervical cancer in countries with and without circumcision. It's considerably higher in countries where the majority of males are uncircumcised, even when those countries have higher vaccination rates and better overall health care.