Sweden will ban virginity certificates
Families from Muslim countries are asking the health service for certificates to prove a woman's virginity before marriage.
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The Swedish government has announced a proposal to penalise virginity tests and the medical certificates that endorse them. According to reports Brussels Signal In a news report published on 19 April 2025, this measure forms part of a legislative package aimed at protecting girls and women from oppressive environments where female sexuality is monitored and controlled.
According to reports, Some doctors in Sweden have carried out virginity tests at the request of relatives, often without the patients' consent. In some cases, doctors have issued certificates of virginity. to protect women of possible reprisals within their communities.
Examinations of a woman's virginity usually take place before marriage. They are not only carried out by health professionals but also also relatives, religious leaders or other people with authority or influence within their communities.
This phenomenon is not exclusive to Sweden; in other European countries such as Belgium, similar cases have also been recorded. In these contexts, women may feel compelled to request virginity certificates to avoid family or community conflicts, even though these practices are widely condemned by the medical community and human rights organisations.
Control over the female body disguised as tradition
Although these practices have no medical basis — since it is not possible to guarantee whether a woman has had sexual intercourse by examining her hymen — they are still carried out in communities where the Virginity before marriage is considered a social and moral obligation..
The Minister of Justice, Gunnar Strömmer, has stated that these practices “limit the freedoms and life opportunities of many women” and has recalled that A woman's right to decide about her own body and her sexuality is fundamental.. Therefore, the government wants to put an end to any form of institutionalisation of this kind of patriarchal control.
Fines and prison sentences to protect women
According to the proposed legislation, anyone who carries out a virginity test or performs a similar surgical procedure could face penalties of up to one year in prison. Issuing a medical certificate of virginity would result in a fine or up to six months' imprisonment.
For her part, the Minister for Gender Equality, Nina Larsson, has stressed that “this practice must disappear” and has underlined that Swedish society must guarantee the individual freedom of girls and women living trapped in honour-based environments.
Also against forced marriages
The legal proposal is not limited to virginity certificates. The government also proposes To penalise those who fail to report forced or child marriages., a problem that particularly affects minors from migrant backgrounds who may be married abroad during the school holidays.
The new law will come into force, presumably, 1 December 2025, It represents a firm step by Sweden in the fight against honour-based violence, a silent yet present phenomenon in many communities that contradicts the fundamental values of freedom, equality and human dignity.
The new law will come into force, presumably, 1 December 2025, It represents a firm step by Sweden in the fight against honour-based violence, a silent yet present phenomenon in many communities that contradicts the fundamental values of freedom, equality and human dignity.
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