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Allow both same sex parents names on children's birth certificate.

Submitted on Monday 15th March 2021

Rejected on Thursday 29th April 2021

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

Allow both same sex parents names on children's birth certificate.

Petition Details

The government should allow same sex parents the same right to put both parent's names on their child's birth certificate. The current rules state same sex couples must be married before conception for this right, however, any man can be added at any point without proof of being the child's parent.

Additional Information

The rules of marriage before conception need to be removed to allow same sex families the same right and equality of that of heterosexual parents. I have been with my partner 17 years and used the same donor for each of our children but have been denied my name on their birth certificate each time. Same sex families deserve the same rights as heterosexual parents and changes must happen in order for families to be equally accepted and recognised as a family unit.


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

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You may wish to sign this petition calling for a similar action: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/559802

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