The Association of Professional Handball Players (AJPH) denounced in a press release Thursday pregnancy tests performed "without the consent of the players", during biological assessments at the start of the season in a club. the Women's League (1st division), without citing the club in question.
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
Press release —ïžhttps: //t.co/ZLZqBACYvS
Sources close to the file, the club concerned is Nantes Atlantique Handball, currently 3rd in the D1 where several French internationals play (rear Camille Ayglon-Saurina, goalkeeper Catherine Gabriel and wing Blandine Dancette). Requested by AFP, the club was not immediately available.
"As part of the biological assessments at the start of the season, the analysis of the level of the hormone Beta HCG, aimed at detecting a state of pregnancy, would have been prescribed by the doctor of the club without the consent of the players," said l 'AJPH, highlighting "unacceptable practices".
"Completely illegal"
"After recovering the prescriptions attesting to these analyzes, the AJPH sent the club and the doctor a letter and informed the authorities and the social partners," added the association, which "reserves the right to give any useful follow-up to this situation â.
When contacted, the Women's Handball League (LFH) indicated that it had contacted the club concerned and awaited its explanations, without mentioning the name of the club.
AJPH recalls that this "type of control is completely illegal and not only violates the privacy of players, but also seriously compromises their privacy".