Petition · past parliament

Require a routine blood test during pregnancy for ParvovirusB19

Closed 651 signatures

What the petition asks

ParvovirusB19 affects between 2500 and 5000 pregnancies each year in the EU. The disease is easily diagnosed and advances in the treatment can increase the chance of foetal survival. Currently blood tests are not routinely checked for this disease.
We are petitioning as we lost our little girl Sophie to parvovirus B19, we would like to prevent further families from going through this atrocious ordeal. All it takes is a simple check on blood test during pregnancy and the risk could be reversed if an infection has occurred or been diagnosed early enough.

Timeline

13 Mar 2019 Petition opened for signatures
13 Sep 2019 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 651
Status Closed
Opened 13 Mar 2019
Closed 13 Sep 2019

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.