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Routine infant circumcision no longer exists in the United States, except when a hospital or doctor makes an error for which they can be sued. The phrase is outmoded and inaccurate so it should not be used to refer to non-therapeutic circumcision of boys. The [[American Academy of Pediatrics]] declared non-therapeutic infant circumcision to be an ''elective'' surgery decades ago (1989).<ref name="aap1989">{{REFjournal |last=Schoen |first=Edgar J. |init=EJ |author-link=Edgar J. Schoen |last2=Anderson |first2=Glenn |init2=G |author2-link= |last3=Bohon |first3=Constance |init3=C |author3-link= |last4=Hinman |first4=Frank |init4=F |author4-link= |last5=Poland |first5=Ronald |init5=R |author5-link= |last6=Wakeman |first6=E. Maurice |init6=EM |author6-link= |etal=no |title=Report of the Task Force of Circumcision. |journal=Pediatrics |location= |date=1989-11 |volume=84 |issue=4 |pages=388-91 |url=http://www.cirp.org/library/statements/aap/#a1989 |archived= |quote= |pubmedID=2664697 |pubmedCID= |DOI= |accessdate=2021-08-03}}</ref> Use of the phrase "routine infant circumcision" or "RIC" is a sign of ignorance on the part of the user.

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