An eye on tattooing.

PositionSTATELINE - Brief article

Warning: this Stateline is not for the squeamish. Oklahoma has passed a law prohibiting scleral tattooing. That's the practice of scarring or inserting a pigment on, in or under the white part of the human eye. Apparently, the issue was brought to lawmakers' attention by the Oklahoma Academy of Opthamology. Supporters cite warnings by doctors that eye tattoos could lead to blindness. "It is completely patently disgusting and crazy to do it," Oklahoma Senator Cliff Branan told...

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