Ban ear piercing on babies, toddlers, and children of primary school age

Rejected 16 signatures

What the petition asks

Babies and toddlers are unable to consent to having their ears pierced and don't understand what this entails.

For the sake of parents selfish vanity, babies and toddlers are being subjected to unnecessary pain and risk of infection.

Any other form of inflicting pain on a child is illegal and this should be no different.

Babies and toddlers are also unable to understand how to carefully look after a piercing and this can often result in issues with jewellery and infection.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Have a minimum age of 12 years old before having a body piercing.

Timeline

18 Oct 2016	Petition opened for signatures
20 Oct 2016	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 16

Status Rejected

Rejected 20 Oct 2016

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