Georgia House Bans Genital Piercings

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Georgia House Bans Genital Piercings

http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/news/nation/8267310.htm?template=contentModules/printstory.jsp

ATLANTA - Genital piercings for women were banned by the Georgia House Wednesday as lawmakers considered a bill outlining punishments for female genital mutilation.

The bill would make such mutilation punishable by two to 20 years in prison. It makes no exception for people who give consent to have the procedure performed on their daughters out of religious or cultural custom.

An amendment adopted without objection added "piercing" to the list of things that may not be done to female genitals. Even adult women would not be allowed to get the procedure. The bill eventually passed 160-0, with no debate.

Amendment sponsor Rep. Bill Heath, R-Bremen, was slack-jawed when told after the vote that some adults seek the piercings. "What? I've never seen such a thing," Heath said. "I, uh, I wouldn't approve of anyone doing it. I don't think that's an appropriate thing to be doing."

The ban applies only to women, not men. The bill has already been approved by the Senate but now must return to that chamber because of the piercing amendment. Both chambers of the Legislature must agree on a single version of a bill before it can go to the governor for final approval.

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Egads ....

[SkipNewarkDE]

1. You gotta be shitting me

I guess tatoos and body art will be banned next? What the FUCK do these people care WHAT someone does with their own body. Unbelievable.

[CatWoman]

2. I wanna see them enforce it

[ulysses]

10. you sure about that?

The dorkwads will likely try. It's the Altered Labia of Mass Destruction.

:eyes:

[SheilaT]

3. Hmmm.

Personally, as an adult female, I can't imagine getting a genital pierced. Ewwww. But surely there's a way to write a law that protects someone from having an unwanted piercing or mutilation done and allow adults who are stupid enough to want to do it to themselves to be able to do so?

[LSdemocrat]

4. Do you ever get the feeling legislatures might have better things to do?

[Kool Kitty]

5. I would just like to thank Rep. Bill Heath for deciding

what is appropriate behavior for female adults regarding their own genitals. Unbelievable.

[stevedeshazer]

6. My God

Stop the evil piercings now!

They hurt what they don't understand.

[boobooday]

7. Hmmmm

Why not men?

What is the rationale for banning a consensual procedure?

Of course, Georgia is one of those states where dildos are illegal too, isn't it?

http://www.wgoeshome.com

[girl gone mad]

8. I think..

the ban intended was to prevent female genital mutilation from being performed on girls due to religous or traditional beliefs.

It would be near impossible to impose a similar ban on boys and men because circumcision is so routinely performed in the US, and the procedure is not believed to be as destructive.

[ulysses]

12. banning fgm is one thing

and a damned good idea. But the consentual piercing of an adult?

[Az]

9. So how does the Lord's Prayer go

I expect I shall be forced to recite it soon. Cuz we are being dragged back to the dark ages.

[rucky]

11. American Taliban in Georgia

160-0

Let the South secede...

[GOPisEvil]

13. More white men deciding what's best for women.

Appalling.