Petition · past parliament · Department of Health and Social Care

Give women a legal right to have two birthing partners at births

Closed 666 signatures

What the petition asks

The Government should give women a legal right to have two birthing partners present at births. While legal limits on the number of people who can attend life events have been lifted, many hospitals are limiting the number of people who can be present at a birth. This is not acceptable.
Since July legal restrictions on the number of people who can be present at life events have been lifted. However in practice there are still often limits on the number of birthing partners allowed at a woman's birth. This has caused a substantial amount of stress on many pregnant women across England, as they are forced into an unideal birthing situations. A legal right to have two birthing partners at births should be established across England. Birthing partners could be required to present negative covid tests.

Timeline

26 Jul 2021 Petition opened for signatures
26 Jan 2022 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 666
Status Closed
Department Department of Health and Social Care
Opened 26 Jul 2021
Closed 26 Jan 2022

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