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'''RIC''' is an acronym for '''R'''outine '''I'''nfant '''C'''ircumcision.
Mainly in the United States, boys are still [[Circumcision|were circumcised]] in many hospitals immediately after birth. Very often, this is 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' 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>
Routine infant circumcision (i. e. non-therapeutic circumcision without consent) is an unlawful procedure for which damages may be recovered.<ref name="llewellnyn1995">{{REFjournal