Recognise LGBTQ+ parents equally on UK birth certificates

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Recognise LGBTQ+ parents equally on UK birth certificates

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Birth certificates should record legal parenthood. Parents need the choice to register according to legal gender or gender neutrally. Children must also know their genetic make-up and who gave birth to them. This requires root and branch reform of birth registration law (inc. the BRDA, HFEA and GRA)

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UK birth registration is outdated and discriminatory, e.g. the Births and Deaths Registration Act dates back to 1953 and only recognises one family structure: "the nuclear family".
Key issues:
– Only heterosexual, cisgender parents can register accurately as "mother" or "father"
– Children born to transgender parents or through surrogacy have inaccurate birth certificates
– The definition of "parent" in the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 is extremely narrow and gender-specific

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