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While 31 states have now banned corporal punishment, these states still allow it: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Wyoming.
However, parental corporal punishment is still allowed, except in Scotland. Corporal punishment has not been abolished in the United States. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, between 1 and 2 million students are paddled each year in US Schools.