Hymen Surgery

(asked on 11th December 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Lord Bethell's answer in the other place of 23 January 2020, Official report volume 801, column 1154, further to what steps he is taking to progress of the review into hymenoplasty.


Answered by
Nadine Dorries Portrait
Nadine Dorries
This question was answered on 18th December 2020

Earlier this year the Government committed to a review of hymenoplasty and other forms of female genital cosmetic surgery. This review is currently paused due to the COVID-19 emergency.

The Government is committed to ensuring that female genital cosmetic surgery procedures including hymenoplasty are both safe and appropriate and that women undergoing this type of treatment are not doing so due to violence or coercion.

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