Posts tagged
Miscarriage
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If a miscarriage before 24 weeks is recognised as a real loss worthy of statutory bereavement leave, how can abortion at the same gestational age remain legally and morally unproblematic?
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Image Source: Shutterstock Women who deliberately end their pregnancies through abortion will be entitled to statutory bereavement leave under new Government rules which treat abortion, failed IVF, and other forms of pregnancy loss as grounds for grieving. From April 2027, women and their partners who experience a pregnancy ending before…
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The government intends to amend the Employment Rights Bill to give parents the legal right to take time off work to grieve if they experience pregnancy loss at any stage.
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Employees in the UK are only eligible for parental bereavement leave if they or their partner have suffered a miscarriage or stillbirth after 24 weeks of pregnancy, but this may soon change. Speaking to MPs, Business Minister Justin Madders said that he will be looking into extending the leave to…