Legislative Council - Fifty-Second Parliament, Second Session (52-2)
2012-05-31 Daily Xml

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JAYDEN'S LAW

The Hon. R.L. BROKENSHIRE: Presented a petition signed by seven residents of South Australia requesting the council to—

1. Support an initiative called Jayden's Law to give mothers and fathers of these much wanted and loved babies the right to obtain a birth certificate for a child who is delivered as a live baby would be, but the delivery has occurred between 12 to 20 weeks' gestation;

2. Ensure that no financial benefit shall arise from the use of that right, nor should the right arise in terminations; and

3. Give parents who love and treasure their babies from conception this right as a means to recognise the child's birth, respect parents' beliefs and bring closure and healing to the family.