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Allow same sex couples to both be on a birth certificate without being married

Closed 141 signatures

What the petition asks

My partner and I are in a same-sex relationship and we wanted to have a baby. We couldn't afford private IVF and didn't want to use the NHS money when we could do it ourselves at home using a sperm donor. Baby born, now my partner isn't allowed on birth certificate because we weren't married.
Because we didn't use a private clinic or the NHS and we weren't married at the time of conception my partner is unable to go on the birth certificate. She is now having to adopt our baby to get step parent rights instead of full parental rights, which is emotionally costly as well as financially. It now leaves our daughter's future uncertain should anything happen to me. In this day and age a birth certificate should state name of parents instead of gender specification.

Timeline

13 Sep 2017 Petition opened for signatures
13 Mar 2018 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 141
Status Closed
Opened 13 Sep 2017
Closed 13 Mar 2018

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.