Rejected petition Dads to be there throughout the birth of their babies!

I want government and parliament to make sure dads can be at the birth of there babys from start to finish!

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Because all the rules from Covid change week by week and yet the fact that a father can’t support the mother of there child throughout labour hasn't changed since the beginning.
For the mental health of the woman all dads should be able to be there not only that but the child is missing bonding time with there dads if mothers have to stay in for any reason.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.

This is a clinical matter for individual NHS trusts on the advice of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynocologists (RCOG) and Royal College of Midwives, not the UK Government or Parliament.

Official advice from the RCOG clearly stresses the importance of trusted birth partners, such as the father, who don't have symptoms of coronavirus from being present during labour and birth: https://www.rcog.org.uk/en/guidelines-research-services/guidelines/coronavirus-pregnancy/covid-19-virus-infection-and-pregnancy/.

You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:

www.gov.uk/coronavirus
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/

The Government has also created an online service to help you find out what you can do if you’re struggling because of coronavirus: https://www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-support

You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips

You can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/

You may also be interested to know that because of the large number of petitions that have been started in relation to coronavirus, the Petitions Committee has been questioning the Government about its response to the coronavirus outbreak.

Find out more: https://committees.parliament.uk/work/192/the-governments-response-to-coronavirus/

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 23 June 2020
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