He shared stories from his own family’s experiences with both, having had a stillborn brother, and with his own mother being adopted.
Dr Lim said he was speaking of “the dejected, the downtrodden, and the disaffected. Parents of stillborn, parents who have adopted children, and working women in a precarious position due to pregnancy.” “As a society, we should absolutely help them in every way we can,” he said in the context of his speech on amendments to the Child Development Co-SavingsHe said that in 1989 his mother became unexpectedly pregnant. This was when he was 13, and his younger sister was 6.As they were a family of “modest means,” his mother continued to work. And, as an older mother, she endured a difficult pregnancy.
Dr Lim said that it took a long while for his mother to recover, and underlined the importance of the amendments to the Bill, since there is no difference in what a mother suffers in a healthy birth and a stillbirth. They might, in fact, need a longer maternity leave because of the trauma they experienced, he added, citing studies toThe MP also said that his mother, one of ten children, had been adopted. Since her father had died early, it would have been impossible for Dr Lim’sHe said that adoption may become more and more prevalent in Singapore, given the rising age of women when they getThis is another reason why he is supporting the amendment, although he raised some questions about some of its wording.
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