The case is expected to have a powerful impact in the coming days. Thursday, the professional association of handball players (AJPH) published an edifying press release in which it explains that a professional women's club of the first division, which is not named, would have used blood tests to detect a state of pregnancy in her players. These would have been carried out as part of the biological assessments at the start of the season.
Problem, big problem, the analysis of the level of the hormone Beta HCG prescribed by the doctor of the club in question was carried out without the consent of the players. "It is recalled that this type of control is completely illegal and not only violates the privacy of the players but also violates their privacy," said AJPH.
đĄ AJPH recently learned of unacceptable practices that would have taken place in a @LBE_Officiel club
â Prescribing a blood pregnancy test without the agreement or consent of the players is ILLEGAL â
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"AJPH reserves the right to give any useful follow-up to this situation," adds the association. It draws the attention of all clubs and doctors so that this unacceptable situation does not happen again. Finally, the AJPH asks the players to be as vigilant as possible in terms of medical examinations and recalls that the list of regulatory medical examinations (and in accordance with the law) is found in the LFH regulations. "
Questioned by our colleagues from Ouest-France , a player of the championship explains that "the club does not have to know" this kind of thing without the consent of the players. "I find it inappropriate. It breaks the bond of trust, âshe concludes. The Women's Handball League has yet to respond.
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