The prohibited practices in question are defined as the...
Resolved: The "Act to Limit Body Art Procedures" ought pass in the state of Arkansas.
Before continuing in this debate, we need to understand SB-387 in Arkansas and exactly what the bill is banning. The prohibited practices in question are defined as the following: “An artist licensed by the Department of Health shall not perform or attempt to perform: The insertion of a dermal implant or scarification.” Before explicitly stating the form of practices that are going to banned in the state of Arkansas, the bill places the following definitions on the following terms: Scarification: “injury of the skin involving scratching, etching, or cutting of designs to produce a scar on a human being for ornamentation or decoration.” Tattooing: “Any method of placing designs, letters, scrolls, figures, symbols, or any other marks upon or under the skin by introducing pigments or by the production of scars to form indelible marks with the aid of needles or other instruments.” Although it’s specifically mentioning that scarification and dermal implants are directly going to be banned by this act, the vague wording of the bill itself leaves room for other bodily procedures to be banned, including other types of tattoos, maybe even tattoos in general considering the procedure for a tattoo corresponds with the definition of scarification. These restrictions ultimately hinder the First Amendment as the bill hinders on free expression via bodily art. For any health reasons in particular, they can be addressed with proper regulation of the practice rather than total bans “Problems most often are the result of a lack of experience or hygienic practice of the practitioner, materials used or a lack of proper aftercare by the recipient.” (http://www.huffingtonpost.com...)