Survivors of controversial procedure call for inquiry

Survivors of the highly controversial procedure Symphysiotomy are calling for a full independent inquiry into the practice.

Survivors of the highly controversial procedure Symphysiotomy are calling for a full independent inquiry into the practice.

It follows a 'Prime Time' special on the childbirth operation.

Irish women who unknowingly and without consent underwent symphysiotomies during childbirth between the 1950s and 1980s say they were left with severe side effects.

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