Birth/Death certificates for babies lost before 24wks of pregnancy

Rejected 20 signatures

What the petition asks

Women who give birth to a baby prior to 24 weeks are unable to register the death or birth of their babies. Please help us get the law changed so babies can be registered when they die.
Angel baby Amin's pregnancy loss support group private page
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1762271017384071/

After delivering our babies we are refused a birth and death certificate due to our babies gestation, I lost my son at 20wks of pregnancy not being able to register them is hard, even more so after seeing how perfectly formed they where at this gestation of pregnancy.It is our strong belief that parents who have lost baby's before 24wks should be given the option to have these documents after loosing a much wanted baby We feel that if given this we are able to prove our babies did exist.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

We are sorry for your loss. You may wish to sign this existing petition on this issue as you are more likely to get action if you sign and share a single petition:

Amend the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 to include all pregnancy loss.

Timeline

23 Mar 2017	Petition opened for signatures
31 Mar 2017	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 20

Status Rejected

Rejected 31 Mar 2017

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