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Same sex couple can be placed on birth certificate

Submitted on Tuesday 8th February 2022

Rejected on Monday 14th February 2022

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

Same sex couple can be placed on birth certificate

Petition Details

Same sex couples able to go on a birth certificate without marriage/civil partnership, when not inseminated at a clinic.

Additional Information

If an insemination has resulted in the birth of child, and both people consent to be parents, in a same sex couple, they both should be able to be on the birth certificate without marriage/civil partnership, without a parental agreement or adoption. Same sex couples should have the same rights as heterosexual couples.


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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.

You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.

You may wish to sign this petition calling for a similar action: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/601909

If you want to see specific changes to rules for who can be registered on a birth certificate for same-sex female couples, we could accept a petition about this. Please contact us at [email protected] if you'd like help drafting a new petition.

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