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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-02-13"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Breast implants2
dcterms:Language	"es"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030213.3.4-042"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-02-13-Speech-4-0432
lpv:speaker	lp:Laura González Álvarez2
lpv:spokenAs	member; PETI (2002-01-17--2003-07-07)3 substitute; EMPL (2002-01-17--2003-07-07)3 member; EUL/NGL (1999-07-20--2003-07-07)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America and Mexico (2002-02-07--2003-07-07)3 substitute; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (2002-01-17--2003-07-07)3 unknown; Izquierda Unida (1999-07-20--2003-07-07)3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2003-07-07)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, as Mrs Fourtou said very clearly, this resolution stems from the Committee on Petitions and is motivated by the petitions of thousands of women who attended a hearing in the course of one morning at which they expressed their concern and anxiety about the consequences that certain implants had had in terms of their health. This gave rise to the STOA report, according to which there was apparently no evidence of a relationship between silicone implants and, for example, cancer. There was, however, a clear indication of the various kinds of inconvenience caused to women who wanted, or felt obliged, to undergo implant operations. I believe that Mrs Stihler’s proposal acknowledges the suggestions, with which we too agree, that were put forward both in the study made of the STOA report, as well as elsewhere, and that, in general, ask for special measures to be adopted as a matter of urgency, one of the most important being an improvement in the independent information provided to women who wish to undergo implants. It is also proposed that the information not come from the private clinics that are to carry out the implants; that the information be exhaustive; that there be a period of reflection so that the women concerned might consider the pros and cons of having the implants carried out; that prior consent be given; that there be follow-up and monitoring where the implants are concerned, as well as a basic investigation into the latter; and, above all, that the Member States subject all the clinics, especially the private ones, to rigorous controls. In my own country, there was a case, which gave rise to a national debate, of a hairdresser’s in the Canary Islands that had given implants to a large number of women without providing any medical guarantee. The problem became public knowledge because one of the women who had been given implants had to have both her breasts removed. I believe that this is an extreme case, and something which obviously does not usually happen, but it is vital that the Member States exercise rigorous control over all clinics and over all products that serve as implants, so improving the situation of those women who, for one reason or another, feel obliged to undergo implant operations."@en1

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