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Closed petition Ban ear piercing for babies and children under 3

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Please sign this petition to introduce a minimum age for children to be pierced with parental consent. Babies have no choice and as it stands it is parental preference, which means newborns can be held down and pierced for fashion reasons.

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    If this petition gets 10,000 signatures, government will respond to it.

    If this petition gets 100,000 signatures, it will be considered for debate in Parliament.

    This petition will stay open until 30 March 2015.