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'''RIC''' is an acronym for '''R'''outine '''I'''nfant '''C'''ircumcision.
Mainly in the [[United States]], boys formerly were [[circumcised ]] in many hospitals immediately after birth. Very often, this was done without informing or asking the parents previously at all.
The word ''routine'', when applied to non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] of boys is outmoded. Circumcision has not been 'routine' (done automatically as a standard practice) since court rulings started to require [[informed consent]] in 1972.<ref>[https://h2o.law.harvard.edu/cases/250 Canterbury v. Spence], 464 F.2d 772, 782 (D.C. Cir. 1972), cert. denied, 409 U.S. 1064 (1972)</ref>
[[Circumcision]] of a minor boy currently requires the consent of a parent in the [[United States]], while in the [[United Kingdom]], the consent of both parents is required, so it cannot be done automatically or "routinely".
The alleged right of a parent to consent to a non-therapeutic, non-diagnostic surgical [[amputation]] of functional tissue from a boy's [[penis]] has been questioned.<ref name="bioethics">{{REFjournal
|last=Committee on Bioethics
|title=Informed consent, parental permission, and assent in pediatric practice