Important:
This petition was submitted during the 2017-2019 parliament
Rejected petition Lower the smear age back down to 20
There are far too many individuals facing death under 25 from cervical cancer. Cancer research’s statistics also show this. A change to the age needs to be made.
This petition was rejected
Why was this petition rejected?
There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/204615
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