Dept of Social Protection to consider public register of stillborn babies

Heather Humphreys admitted it might now be appropriate to examine if parents of stillborn infants should be given the option of having their deaths registered in a manner which would allow the information to be available to the general public.

Parents of stillborn babies may be given the option of recording their child’s death in a public register.

The Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection, Heather Humphreys, has signalled she is open to considering introducing legislation which would allow a register of stillborn deaths to be available for public access to reflect a change in social attitudes on the issue.