This petition was submitted during the 2015 to 2017 Parliament
Rejected petition To stop the piercing of babies ears until they are able to consent to it.
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Prevent the modification of a child's body without any significant medical or religious reasons unless they choose that they want it.
Why was this petition rejected?
There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/119065
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