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Controversies involving toys, topics of public dispute or debate, usually concerning a matter of conflicting opinion or point of view. Subcategories This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.
In 2007, a federal appeals court upheld Alabama's law prohibiting the sale of sex toys. [30] The law, the Anti-Obscenity Enforcement Act of 1998, was also upheld by the Supreme Court of Alabama on September 11, 2009. [31] But other states have seen their sex toy bans ruled unconstitutional by the courts.
Many U.S. states have had bans on the sale of sex toys, regulating them as obscene devices. Some states have seen their sex toy bans ruled unconstitutional in the courts. [9] That ruling leaves only Mississippi, Alabama, and Virginia with current bans on the sale of obscene devices. [10]
Government officials, public health professionals and concerned parents are calling on Congress to ban water beads, a children’s toy that they say poses significant health risks.
Small magnet toys previously banned. Toys with high-powered magnets were banned by the CPSC in 2014 due to these hazards, but the ban was lifted in 2016 — since then, research has showed a sharp ...
States across the country will ring in the new year with laws set to take effect throughout 2024 about issues like gun violence, book bans and gender-neutral toy sections.
[9] The Alabama Supreme Court ruled against him on September 11, 2009, and the statute's ban is now in effect. State Representative John Rogers of Birmingham has repeatedly introduced legislation to repeal the ban, but each bill has been defeated. [6] However, adult toys continue to be sold as novelty and educational items.
Officials in one California county have banned toys from being included as part of any meal high in calories, salt, sugar or fat -- a direct challenge to the McDonald's Happy Meal and its competitors.