Early Day Motion·EDM 883

STILLBIRTH AND MISCARRIAGE

26 January 201710 Signatures

Primary sponsor

Jim Shannon

Democratic Unionist Party — Strangford

Motion Text

That this House notes the heart-breaking statistics that 17 babies are stillborn or die shortly after birth every day in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; further notes the estimation that one in four pregnancies result in a miscarriage, leaving bereaved parents asking for recognition of the life that was; and calls on the Government to step into the breach with the production of a legal acknowledgement of these precious little lives in whatever format it would deem appropriate.