"I don't think it's a health issue; it's a lifestyle issue," Goldberg said. "Kids are going to do things to show their independence from their parents. I just don't think we should go down that road."
Posted on 05/12/2005 3:36:30 PM PDT by Crackingham
State law requires children to get their parents' permission to obtain an aspirin at school, but not to get a two-inch, 12-gauge needle run through their tongue at a piercing shop. Assemblywoman Sharon Runner claims the lack of regulation over piercing is ludicrous, and that California has a vested interest in protecting minors from putting holes in themselves.
"I think parents need to know exactly what their children are doing when it's something that might affect their health and welfare for the rest of their lives," the Lancaster Republican said.
Runner has proposed legislation, Assembly Bill 646, that would ban the piercing of minors' lips, noses, eyebrows, tongues, navels - anything but earlobes - without a parent being present or submitting notarized consent. Violators would be subject to fines up to $250.
Runner's proposal basically would reinstate a law that expired Jan. 1. When the old parental consent law passed the Legislature in 1997, lawmakers asked that it be given an expiration date to ensure re-evaluation of the policy.
Piercing provides a way to attach jewelry to various parts of the body. Shops currently decide for themselves whether to set a minimum age limit.
AB 646 recently cleared its first legislative hurdle, the Assembly Public Safety Committee, by a vote of 5-1. Assemblywoman Jackie Goldberg, D-Los Angeles, cast the only negative vote.
"I don't think it's a health issue; it's a lifestyle issue," Goldberg said. "Kids are going to do things to show their independence from their parents. I just don't think we should go down that road."
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I wonder how she feels about requiring parental notification before an underage girl has a vacuum hose shoved up into her uterus.
"I don't think it's a health issue; it's a lifestyle issue," Goldberg said. "Kids are going to do things to show their independence from their parents. I just don't think we should go down that road."
Please forgive my rather crude description of an abortion procedure.
Truth is truth.
I didn't want to register to read the entire article.
Just out of curiosity, what is the California law regarding "parental consent" wrt underage abortions?
Crude?
Tell it like it is.
No consent required. However, there is a ballot initiative in the work to change that.
Never understood how persons under 18 could legally get nipple and genital piercings. It requires an adult (the only ones who can be licensed to perform piercings) to hold sexual body parts to modify them for the purpose of sexual stimulation.
Why isn't this a crime? Underage kids cannot legally consent to sex with an adult, no matter how much they beg.
And such piercings are done on minors.
"No consent required. "
I figured as much.
Any idea how the ballot initiative will play out?
It should pass by an overwhelming margin.
In other news, tires provide a way for vehicles to move along the street.
"It should pass by an overwhelming margin."
Good. Thanks for your responses.
Of course, that's not to say it won't be overturned by a leftist Judge.
"Of course, that's not to say it won't be overturned by a leftist Judge."
True. But then the case is made even clearer how people are no longer in control of this country. I have faith that "a hard rain is going to fall" very soon.
That's the geek that holds up the line every time I am trying to pass through the metal detector at the airport.
I never understood how ANY PERSON regardless of age could want to pierce their nipples or genitalia.
A bit of a "notice me" call for attention and a bit of masochism...
It is entirely an elective fetish. Much like homosexuality and cross-dressing.
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