Enter the case
Sarina describes a doctor checking whether she was ‘pure’, begging him to stop, feeling violated, and being told that surgery could make her ‘pure again’ and that a certificate could be given to a groom’s family.
Evidence Room
Classify what Sarina reports, what is clinical evidence, what is inference and what remains unknown. A lived-experience description, clinical evidence and legal classification are different evidence categories.
First decision
Identify immediate support and safeguarding needs without assuming that the account automatically proves every legal element.
New information — stay or change?
Sarina also describes pressure around a marriage decided by male relatives. Reconsider the relationship between coercion, forced-marriage risk and the reported clinic experience.
Law & Evidence
Virginity testing and hymenoplasty are prohibited under the Health and Care Act 2022. The safeguarding response still depends on role, location, age and immediate circumstances.
Role / Professional Lens
Consider what changes for education, health, police, social care, legal advocacy and specialist support without collapsing their different responsibilities.
Reflection / Application
What changed your view? What evidence remains missing? What action protects safety and dignity without investigation or unsafe family contact?
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Last reviewed: 15 August 2026