Allow registered birth certificates for children born from 12 weeks.

The Issue

We lost our daughter at 19 weeks of pregnancy. Because she was under 24 weeks, we could not register her birth - or her death. Yet we could have a funeral. Which we have a certificate for her cremation. Which makes no sense. A child that didnt exist in the eyes of the law. But she did very much exist. She was a person, our child, our baby. The law needs to change. A baby is a baby regardless of how many weeks. Please sign and help us try to change this for all babies that were alive but never got the chance to live. Thank you. X

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The Issue

We lost our daughter at 19 weeks of pregnancy. Because she was under 24 weeks, we could not register her birth - or her death. Yet we could have a funeral. Which we have a certificate for her cremation. Which makes no sense. A child that didnt exist in the eyes of the law. But she did very much exist. She was a person, our child, our baby. The law needs to change. A baby is a baby regardless of how many weeks. Please sign and help us try to change this for all babies that were alive but never got the chance to live. Thank you. X

The Decision Makers

Department of Health UK
Department of Health UK

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