Change the age of smear testing for women to age 20 not 25.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

It should be allowed for women aged 20 and above to have a cervical smear test, as cervical cancer numbers are growing rapidly in younger women. There is very little education around this especially for teenage girls.

By the government lowering the age, this will prepare women early on and hopefully stop the number increasing in women having this dreadful disease. Help us eradicate this disease before it’s too late. Some women by the age of 25-29 it’s already too late.

Why it was rejected

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

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Offer the smear test to over-16s
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Offer free cervical screening test once a year to women age 25 to 60
Offer free cervical screening test once a year to women age 25 to 60

Make Cervical Screening available to everyone from the age of 21
Make Cervical Screening available to everyone from the age of 21

Timeline

21 May 2021	Petition opened for signatures
26 May 2021	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 26 May 2021

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