Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 44649

Diethylstilbestrol

Tabled: 7 April 2025

Answered: 19 May 2025

Question

Lisa Smart

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 26 March 2025 to Question 38407 on Diethylstilbestrol, whether he plans to issue an apology to women who (a) experienced long-term health impacts, (b) were compelled to pl

Answer

Karin Smyth

The government took action regarding Diethylstilbestrol (DES) in the early 1970s. In 1971, it was recognised that DES could cause a distinct type of cancer in the daughters of women who took DES in early pregnancy. Shortly afterwards, its use was contrain...

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