SINGAPORE: Parents of stillborn children could soon choose to register names for them if proposed amendments to a law are passed.
In a written reply to a parliamentary question from Associate Professor Jamus Lim in September 2022, Minister for Home Affairs and Law K Shanmugam noted that the names of stillborn children are not required for the government to administer public policies. Changes to ICA's systems to enable the official registration of names for stillborn children may be ready in about two years, the ministry added.DEFINITION OF STILLBORN CHILDREN
It added that the medical community is also concerned that such ambiguities may lead to pressure on doctors to use more liberal treatment for infants born between 22 and 24 weeks of pregnancy, or resuscitation.
Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)
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