{"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/211983.json"},"data":{"type":"archived-petition","id":211983,"parliament":{"period":"2017-2019","government":"Conservative","dissolution_at":"2019-11-06T00:01:00.000+00:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Adopt Terminology pre-term Labour for babies born post 16 weeks, not miscarriage","background":"Speaking from experience, I believe the terminology \"Miscarriage\" should only be adopted for pregnancies lost prior to 16 weeks gestation.\r\nMiscarriage means \"loss or expulsion of an embryo before it's viable\".","additional_details":"My Husband and I have unfortunately lost two babies. Our first was born 20/09/2016 at 19 weeks; fully formed and born with a heartbeat & lived for a few minutes. Our second child was born 08/08/2017 at 21 weeks and lived for 16 minutes.\r\nI endured hours of labour, the same as any other mother who has delivered a baby. I find it offensive and an insult that my children are labelled as miscarriage- like they didn't exist, when they were born alive, although premature","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":7,"created_at":"2018-02-06T00:41:47.617Z","updated_at":"2020-02-26T22:36:44.608Z","rejected_at":"2018-02-26T15:04:08.315Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2018-02-11T09:08:52.216Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":{"code":"irrelevant","details":"We’re very sorry for your losses.\r\n\r\nWe can’t accept your petition because the language used in hospitals to describe the loss of pre-term babies is not the responsibility of the UK Government and Parliament. \r\n\r\nWe have a petition to “Lower the age a stillborn can legally be registered.” which you might be interested in signing:\r\n\r\nhttps://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/212105"},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}}}