House Bill 173 in Ohio hopes to discourage teens from tanning salons by requiring that they have a doctor’s prescription. As you can imagine, there has been a lot of opposition to this.

“At 17 an Ohio teen can serve and die for his or her country by joining the military. At 16 an Ohio teen is entrusted with the ability to operate a motor vehicle entirely unsupervised by a doctor or parent. 16- and 17-year-olds in the state can even get married as long as a parent consents.”–Indoor Tanning Association

Is this going to far? If a teenager has parental consent to go tanning (that’s the current state of things in Ohio), why isn’t that enough?