Petition · past parliament · Ministry of Justice

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

Closed 91 signatures

What the petition asks

Give unmarried same-sex female couples who live together automatic rights to be on their child's birth certificate, even if their child was conceived outside of a licensed clinic using a private donor.
Give equal rights to same sex-couples. For heterosexual couples any man can be included on the birth register if the parents sign the register together. A man is also allowed to be added to a birth certificate if they did not attend the registration but marry the mother at a later date. This isn't the case for same sex-couples. We are not treated as equal in a society that consistently claims to have equal rights for all.

Timeline

2 Feb 2023 Petition opened for signatures
2 Aug 2023 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 91
Status Closed
Department Ministry of Justice
Opened 2 Feb 2023
Closed 2 Aug 2023

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