Petition · past parliament · Cabinet Office

Allow both members of all same-sex female couples to be on the birth certificate

Closed 6,484 signatures

What the petition asks

Same-sex female couples currently aren’t allowed to both be on the birth certificate if they’re not married or civil partnered unless the child is conceived inside a clinic.
I want the government to allow same sex couples to both be on the birth certificate if a child was conceived during a home donor.

Allow both parents of a same sex couple to be on the birth certificate of a child that was conceived outside of a clinic using an unknown donor. It isn’t fair for same sex couples to have to be married or civil partnered first to allow them on the birth certificate but a male is automatically allowed to be a named parent whether they’re part of that child’s life or not. We are not treated as equal.

Timeline

16 Nov 2020 Petition opened for signatures
16 May 2021 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 6,484
Status Closed
Department Cabinet Office
Opened 16 Nov 2020
Closed 16 May 2021

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