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Allow women to have smear tests from 18 if they choose

Submitted on Wednesday 8th October 2025

Rejected on Monday 10th November 2025

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

Allow women to have smear tests from 18 if they choose

Petition Details

Lower the age limit from 25 to 18 for smear tests.

Additional Information

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.


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

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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" petition.parliament.uk/petitions/730008

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