Petition · past parliament

Doctors to help keep babies born regardless of gestation if they are born alive

Rejected 17 signatures

What the petition asks

We want all babies born before 17 weeks gestation to have medical treatments and try to resuscitate the baby give them the right and chance to live no more choosing the option that it’s not viable to save that baby many babies born today are born at 17 weeks take a breath and ignored by doctors

Why it was rejected

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

Timeline

19 Dec 2017 Petition opened for signatures
21 Dec 2017 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 17
Status Rejected
Rejected 21 Dec 2017

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