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Fri 10 Oct 2009Inquiry urged into 'barbaric' operation
A PUBLIC meeting was held last night in Dublin to highlight the plight of women who underwent symphysiotomies in Ireland.
A meeting organised by the Feminist Open Forum heard calls for Minister for Health Mary Harney to hold a public inquiry into the practice.
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