Petition Illegal for body modifications on an individual without capacity

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This is a petition in order to make illegal the practice of body modifications on a person who does not have the capacity to make that decision.

This means any of the following;

An individual who does not understand what is being asked of them.
An individual who cannot retain this information.
They cannot weigh up the decision.
They cannot communicate this information.

A person must make an informed decision free from external influence before consenting. Another person cannot do this on their behalf.

This petition closed early because of a General Election

9 signatures

Progress of the petition towards its next target: 9 of 10,000 signatures required to get a government response

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10,000 signatures required to get a government response

Date closed 30 March 2015
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