Should parents be able to choose the order of their details on their child's birth certificate?
This is a UK poll whereby the father’s details are listed first. Where no father is named, those boxes remain empty. Where both parents named identify as female, the non-birthing parent goes first and the birthing parent second. This is according to The Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953.
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The person who birthed the baby should be listed first.
put me in a room with the person who decided the person who birthed the baby goes second on the birth certificate because what?????
So 2 mums here 👋🏼 just checked ours out of interest and my wife's name is first!! She's listed as "other parent" and then I'm listed as "mother."
So I guess it's the non birthing parent first so would be father and then mother for man and woman. I must have been too sleep deprived to notice 😆
They should definitely be able to choose! I wonder if it’s because most times unmarried parents give the baby dad’s last name. Ours are mother then father which makes most sense considering the kids came out of me lol
Does it really matter?!
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