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Make it a legal requirement that dads are automatically on a birth certificate

Submitted by Samuel Shaw on Monday 25th May 2020

Published on Monday 3rd August 2020

Current status: Closed

Closed: Wednesday 3rd February 2021

Signatures: 63

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Make it a legal requirement that dads are automatically on a birth certificate

Petition Details

I want it to become a legal requirement that fathers are automatically named on birth certificates.

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This would mean fathers are recognised as having parental responsibility.

Mothers can refuse to list a father on the birth certificate, or put the wrong father on the birth certificate, preventing a father from being recognised.

This needs to change. Fathers deserve to have the rights to help grow, protect and love their own child.


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