Mobilization against the “unworthy” presence at a conference of gynecologist Emile Daraï, accused of rape by patients

Accused of rape by former patients, the practitioner is invited by the National College of French Gynecologists and Obstetricians to a prestigious conference on Wednesday, arousing the anger of feminist associations and certain doctors.

“A political fault”, and a choice “unworthy of professionals who have made a vow to protect women in their health”. The Stop Obstetrical and Gynecological Violence (StopVog) association is not getting angry with the cast of the prestigious Paris Santé Femme congress, scheduled for Wednesday, May 11. Among the speakers at the event organized by the National College of French Gynecologists and Obstetricians (CNGOF), is Professor Emile Daraï. Certainly, this doctor is an eminent specialist in endometriosis. But he is also accused of rape by former patients and has been the subject, since January 3, of a judicial investigation for “violence by a person charged with a public service mission”.

An invitation “scandalous” who acts a little more “the denial of the profession about obstetrical violence”, regrets Sonia Bisch, founder and spokesperson of StopVog. The association calls for mobilization from the opening of this “colloquium of shame”, Wednesday at 8:30 a.m. in front of the Paris Convention Center, Porte de Versailles. “Let’s put ourselves in the shoes of the patients. They lodged a complaint, with all the involvement in time, energy and money that this entails. And we roll out the red carpet to the one they accuse…