Have Your Say On The Crimes (Virginity Testing Practices) Amendment Bill

The Governance and Administration Committee is calling
for submissions on the Crimes (Virginity Testing Practices)
Amendment Bill.

The bill seeks to protect vulnerable
women and girls by amending the Crimes Act 1961 to create
new offences relating to virginity testing and the related
practice of hymenoplasty. Anyone who performs, or causes to
be performed, on any person, any act involving virginity
testing practices, would be liable to a maximum of 5
years’ imprisonment.

Virginity testing involves the
inspection of female genitalia to determine whether a person
has had vaginal intercourse. The general policy statement
states that this practice is an “unscientific, unreliable,
and medically unnecessary practice that violates human
rights and is associated with adverse outcomes for physical,
psychological, and social wellbeing”. It further states
that “women and girls are often coerced or forced into
this honour-based abuse against their will”.

Tell
the Governance and Administration Committee what you
think

Make
a submission on the bill by 11.59pm on 9 September
2026.

For more details about the
bill:

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