This petition was submitted during the 2017-2019 parliament
Petition Create an Unborn Victims of Violence Act
As the law currently stands if a perpetrator of domestic violence causes a miscarriage, still birth or forces a woman to terminate her pregnancy against her will, they cannot be adequately prosecuted and this leads to lenient sentences being available in court.
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The Government should create a specific offence that enables courts to hand down much harsher sentences in such cases.
This would not affect reproductive rights for women.
This petition closed early because of a General Election Find out more on the Petitions Committee website