People who have cancer and are being treated by cemo, AIDS patients, and others with auto immune disease would put themselves in danger if they were scratched. For that purpose I feel there should be no law. Vets can make a choice on weather they perform the surgery or not.
I have had all my cats front declawed at least 15 in the past 30 years and not one ever had a problem. My furniture is also in great shape. My carpets however are not, Ki-Ki has an infection again and is peeing in the house.