Florida Bill Would Allow Birth Certificates for Stillborn Babies

From Cybercast News Service:

(CNSNews.com) - Florida's House Health Care Committee unanimously approved a "Missing Angels" bill on Wednesday that would allow the state to issue birth certificates for stillborn babies -- if the pregnancy lasted at least 20 weeks and ended in the natural delivery of the deceased infant, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported. A Senate committee unanimously approved similar legislation last week. Similar bills have died in past sessions, the newspaper said, and the current bill faces additional committee hearings. The legislation would allow grieving parents to name a child who was not born alive; but it prevents the state from using stillbirth certificates in calculating live birth statistics.

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