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Birth and death certificates to be given to parents of stillborns from 21 weeks
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2,679 signatures
What the petition asks
This christmas and new year just gone has been a living nightmare for myself and friend lauren who I met having both lost our babies at 22 weeks.
After delivering of our babies we where refused a birth and death certificate due to our babies gestation, and given only a printed out form with DOB etc
After delivering of our babies we where refused a birth and death certificate due to our babies gestation, and given only a printed out form with DOB etc
We found not having a legal document with our babies birth and death information on and also not being able to register them hard, even more so after seeing how perfectly formed they where at this gestation of pregnancy.
It is our strong beleif that parents of stillborns should be given the option to have these documents after loosing a much wanted baby
We feel that if given these certificates we are able to prove our babies did exist.
They where not just a fetus they are our babies!
It is our strong beleif that parents of stillborns should be given the option to have these documents after loosing a much wanted baby
We feel that if given these certificates we are able to prove our babies did exist.
They where not just a fetus they are our babies!
Timeline
| 11 Feb 2016 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 11 Aug 2016 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
2,679
Status
Closed
Opened
11 Feb 2016
Closed
11 Aug 2016
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