England and Wales are set to make virginity testing a criminal offence
Unscientific procedure involves examination to assess whether hymen is intact
It is based around the false but widely held belief that all women and girls hymens are broken in the first instance of penetrative vaginal sex
Campaigners say the tests put women and girls at risk of honour abuse
Hymens can be broken in other ways, remain intact, or be absent since birth
There is no known examination to prove a history of vaginal intercourse
Under the bill, hymenoplasty - a process which temporarily reconstructs the hymen - would also be banned
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