‘State reneged on probe into barbaric pelvic op’
In October 2003, the then Health Minister, Micheál Martin, promised an external review of the practice of symphysiotomy, saying it would be led by an international obstetrician.
The review was one of a number of measures he announced after a meeting with the Survivors of Symphysiotomy (SOS) group, which represents hundreds of women who were subjected to the procedure between the 1950s and early 1980s.
