I agree. However male circumcision is under attack, to a large degree because it is a traditional American custom and Jewish requirement, by the PC left, sadly but notably, including the American Academy of Pediatrics. The conventional wisdom in the US, which they attack, had long been that circumcision avoided greatly reduced the rate of a variety of penile problems. My 21 years in Dermatology strongly supports the old conventional wisdom and most my colleagues agree with it. As most of these problems would occur in adults I question whether the pediatricians have much experience on the subject. And if circumcision caused all the terrible permanent problems that they claimed then I should have incidentally seen some of such scarring when examining countless patients for unrelated problems in the area. Instead my experience with circumcision complications has been the proverbial dog that didn't bark. The new data that it significantly reduces HIV just adds to my belief that circumcision is another bit of traditional Americana that should be encouraged.
No, male circumcision is under attack because elective non-therapeutic circumcision of boys is not medically necessary. It is under attack because circumcision cuts off a normal, healthy part of a child's genitals without a valid medical indication.
Normally doctors only perform surgery on children when the medical benefits of the surgery significantly outweigh the medical risks and harms. Infant circumcision does not even come close to meeting that standard of care.
Elective non-therapeutic circumcision of boys is a unique exception to the standard of care that doctors use for all other pediatric surgeries. It is past time for American doctors to start using the same standard of care for a boy's penis that they use of all other parts of his body and all parts of a girl's body.
Non-religious circumcision was introduced in the United States in the late 1800s by medical doctors because they thought it would keep boys from masturbating.
My hunch is that future generations will view the latest medical justification for cutting the genitals of boys (to prevent AIDS) the same way that we now view the first medical justification for cutting the genitals of boys (to prevent masturbation).