A Bill to amend the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 to provide that parents may register the death of a child stillborn before the threshold of 24 weeks gestation.
House of Commons
15 May 2014
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This Bill would change the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 to allow parents to register the death of a child who was stillborn before 24 weeks of gestation. It aims to give families an official record of an early stillbirth and to recognise these births in the registration system. In short, it removes the current 24-week threshold for stillbirth registration.
The bill is listed as being at the 2nd reading in the House of Commons. The only previously recorded stage is the 1st reading in 2014; no further progress is noted in the provided information.
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