Petition · past parliament

LOWER THE AGE OF "SMEAR" TEST FROM 25 TO 20+

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Women still pose a risk to getting cervical cancer between the ages of 20-25. And only be recommended by your doctor to attend a smear at age 25. For that percentage of people that get cervical cancer before 25 it is too late.
We should be able to have access and treatments sooner.
So if it is a risk to perform a smear on women younger than 25..
Why do you carry out abortions to those under 25? Even those under 18?

And the procedure in which the female goes under anesthetic and the fetus gets suctioned from the mothers uterus. That in its self poses a higher risk to the female body, in some cases even death on the table.

But you still as a country carry out abortions to women ages between 14+? But cannot provide women tests to check their health?

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Change the age for a Smear test from 25 to 20.

In any case, petitions need to be started with a full name.

Timeline

8 Oct 2019 Petition opened for signatures
9 Oct 2019 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 9 Oct 2019

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