Deadpool
07-18-2001, 07:21 PM
Virginity Tests Protested in Turkey
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Turkish nurses vowed Tuesday to ``fight to the end'' against a new measure that calls for virginity tests on female nursing students suspected of having sex.
Representatives from the Association of Turkish Nurses met with Health Minister Osman Durmus to protest the measure announced Monday, saying it was ``archaic and against human rights and freedoms.''
``We will fight this to the end,'' the Anatolia news agency quoted Buyan Dogan, the head of the association, as telling Durmus.
Durmus defended the measure, saying it would protect minors from prostitution and underage sex. The new measure calls for the expulsion of students who have had sex. It applies only to students at medical schools, which train nurses and other medical staff such as midwives.
``Those who are under the age of 18 are in need of protection from sexual harassment and it is our duty to protect them,'' Anatolia quoted Durmus as saying. Durmus is from the far-right Nationalist Action Party, which is a member of the coalition government.
Turkey imposed a ban on forced virginity tests two years ago after five teen-age orphans attempted suicide rather than submit to the tests.
Under Durmus' new order, the tests can only be conducted with the order of a judge.
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Fuck you I wont do what you tell me. -RATM
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Turkish nurses vowed Tuesday to ``fight to the end'' against a new measure that calls for virginity tests on female nursing students suspected of having sex.
Representatives from the Association of Turkish Nurses met with Health Minister Osman Durmus to protest the measure announced Monday, saying it was ``archaic and against human rights and freedoms.''
``We will fight this to the end,'' the Anatolia news agency quoted Buyan Dogan, the head of the association, as telling Durmus.
Durmus defended the measure, saying it would protect minors from prostitution and underage sex. The new measure calls for the expulsion of students who have had sex. It applies only to students at medical schools, which train nurses and other medical staff such as midwives.
``Those who are under the age of 18 are in need of protection from sexual harassment and it is our duty to protect them,'' Anatolia quoted Durmus as saying. Durmus is from the far-right Nationalist Action Party, which is a member of the coalition government.
Turkey imposed a ban on forced virginity tests two years ago after five teen-age orphans attempted suicide rather than submit to the tests.
Under Durmus' new order, the tests can only be conducted with the order of a judge.
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Fuck you I wont do what you tell me. -RATM