Belgian politician Anne-Marie Lizin of the Walloon Socialist Party wants to stop state subsidy of 'virginity operations'.
The enthusiastic senator presented a law proposal saying that hymen reconstruction operations will no longer be reimbursed by the RIVIZ national health insurance.
Muslim men in particular want their future wives to be virgin during the wedding night. In some cultures the bloodied sheet is displayed after the first night and girls who had sex previously cannot do so.
Therefore, more and more women are having their hymen reconstructed. According to Lizin, some immigrant women are even urged to get a virginity certificate.
Hymen reconstruction is currently being reimbursed in Belgium by the RIZIV as "vagina and vulva plastic surgery". This is really meant for repairing damage as a result of births, burns and abscesses. Is there are medical reasons, then there would be reimbursement for the procedure.
In the Netherlands hymen reconstruction is fully reimbursed as part of the basic insurance.
Source: Telegraaf (Dutch)
See also: Belgium: Hymenoplasty, Belgium: Honor violence under-estimated
The enthusiastic senator presented a law proposal saying that hymen reconstruction operations will no longer be reimbursed by the RIVIZ national health insurance.
Muslim men in particular want their future wives to be virgin during the wedding night. In some cultures the bloodied sheet is displayed after the first night and girls who had sex previously cannot do so.
Therefore, more and more women are having their hymen reconstructed. According to Lizin, some immigrant women are even urged to get a virginity certificate.
Hymen reconstruction is currently being reimbursed in Belgium by the RIZIV as "vagina and vulva plastic surgery". This is really meant for repairing damage as a result of births, burns and abscesses. Is there are medical reasons, then there would be reimbursement for the procedure.
In the Netherlands hymen reconstruction is fully reimbursed as part of the basic insurance.
Source: Telegraaf (Dutch)
See also: Belgium: Hymenoplasty, Belgium: Honor violence under-estimated
