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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>
}}</ref> Use of the phrase "routine infant circumcision" or "RIC" is a sign of ignorance on the part of the user.
[[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 right of a parent to consent to a non-therapeutic, non-diagnostic surgical [[amputation]] of functional tissue has been questioned.<ref name="bioethics">{{REFjournal