Rejected petition: Allow women to have smear tests from 18 if they choose
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Lower the age limit from 25 to 18 for smear tests.
So many young girls/ women have problems, some have died before having a smear test.
Starting this at 18 and allowing women to have a choice to have this done earlier if they feel they have issues will give more women a chance to get ahead of health issues in that area.
Being told a a smear would not be looked at unless you are 25 and therefore they refuse to do them. This could potentially save womens lives.
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.
You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.
You may wish to sign this petition, which calls for similar action: "Fund cervical screening every 3 yrs or more frequently, lower minimum age to 18" https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/730008
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