Lower the age of hysterectomies

What it asks

What the petitioner did first

1. 19 Sep 2019
   Public Petitions Committee

   New Petitions
   1 mention
2. 5 Mar 2020
   Public Petitions Committee

   Continued Petitions
   1 mention

1. Scotland250 62.5%
2. United Kingdom57 14.2%
3. England49 12.3%
4. United States19 4.8%
5. Netherlands7 1.8%
6. Australia4 1%
7. South Africa4 1%
8. Wales2 0.5%
9. Argentina1 0.3%
10. Austria1 0.3%
11. 6 other countries6 1.5%

1. Moira Byers 11 Jul 2019
   Woman should have the right to decide about our own bodies
2. Kirsten Stade 11 Jul 2019
   A woman has a right to have her uterus removed, no questions asked! It is not anyone else's business. It is absolutely incomprehensible that any woman, let alone one suffering this much, would be denied necessary medical treatment.
3. Jo Gillespie 12 Jul 2019
   Free Country? The Right to Choose must be there.
4. Luz Mery Rueda Pinzón 12 Jul 2019
   Debe primar la salud del paciente.
5. Esmée van Veldhoven 13 Jul 2019
   I've been fighting for a hysterectomy for three years now, I'm 23. People keep telling me "to understand the doctor's perspective" but this is not a matter of different perspectives: it is a gender issue. Refusing a hysterectomy because of someone's age or the risk of them changing their mind about having children later is paternalistic and sexist. We're stuck in an outdated system that still puts fertility above a woman's actual well-being and it's time to change that. There is a great paper on the ethics behind this: Sex in Medicine: What Stands in the Way of Credibility? by Mari Mikkola.
   
   Stay strong! Good luck with everything!
6. Fiona Brook 14 Jul 2019
   I can only imagine what you must go through Megan. Having had ovarian cancer and spent a spell in a gynae ward I have so much sympathy for women with endometriosis. The infantilising way medical staff talk about 'preserving fertility' without any engagement with patients as adult women who might not want children, is abhorrent. You're doing such a good thing.
7. Margaret Taylor 15 Jul 2019
   It just makes sense to enable sentient human beings to be able to live better, pain free lives.
8. Samantha Black 23 Jul 2019
   Every woman should have the right to choose what they do with their body.
9. Fiona mathieson 23 Jul 2019
   Your body your choice. If its harming you and you don't need it to live then you should have the option of removing whatever is hurting you. Pretty simple.
10. Sarah Alison 20 Aug 2019
    Had my hysterectomy at 37, just wish it had been years later and also a friend on Saturday was buried, she had womb cancer, thought it was just heavy periods. Says it all really.
11. Deborah McLachlan 20 Aug 2019
    Women have the right to do as they wish with their bodies! It shouldn't be anyone else's decision!
12. jan craig 20 Aug 2019
    having suffered like Megan from the age of 15 i was in a bad way. at 23 after two investigative operations proved nothing i had a very bad experience and doctors thought incorrectly i was having a miscarriage. This happened 3 times and despite asking for a hysterectomy a further 3 times the pain and excess bleeding only stopped after a hysterical ablation and sterilisation at age 51. too many years wasted. the system needs to do more to help women
13. Donna Boyle 20 Aug 2019
    I chose to have my hysterectomy when I was twenty seven. The pain was unbearable. Early menopause is manageable. You should be able to choose what you want and need to give you a better quality of life.
14. Martin McDonald 20 Aug 2019
    Good luck Megan
15. VICKY MCDONALD 20 Aug 2019
    Attitudes to these kind of problems need to change.
16. Emma carmichael 20 Aug 2019
    I've had horrible periods since I started getting them and had no answers, completely agree with this cause
17. Liz Anderson 20 Aug 2019
    Good luck in your fight. I have suffered with Endometriosis for over 20yrs & they palm you off with painkillers. We are the ones to suffer on a daily basis.. keep fighting. xx
18. Lesley Macrae 21 Aug 2019
    I am 38 years old and have had 2 children my family making is over now. After years of horrendous periods and struggling to get pregnant I have asked for a hysterectomy and yet they won't give me one. They know my full history and how much I have suffered and yet it is not even being considered. I think all women have a right to choose what happens to them and if they want this surgery then they should be able to at least speak about it and explore their options without being shut down at the first discussion. Yes it is a life changing procedure and a lot of counselling should be involved to make sure it is the right thing to do especially for younger women but we should be able to decide for ourselves what's best.
19. Elizabeth Atwell 21 Aug 2019
    Personally think it should be lowered for any reason, not just medical but medical is definitely a more pressing issue.
20. Sue Fleming 21 Aug 2019
    Our bodies our choice! It is all about £ & litigation. They don't want to give younger women hysterectomies just incase they decide l8r to sue if they decide they wanted children!
21. Deborah Punton 21 Aug 2019
    I am 28 year years old and have been told I am unable to have children and have not had a "proper period" since my teens due to starting early. I have been told many times that I am not allowed a hysterectomy because "I may change my mind" when I don't actually have the choice at all! Things should change especially when we women suffer horrendous pain!
22. mary elliott rodden 21 Aug 2019
    Please consider as no women should suffer unnecessarily