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Your rights about birth, including issues relating to unborn children and surrogacy, and how to register a birth.
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Information about where and when to register a birth, what information you will need to provide, and who can register a birth. Also includes information about the possibility of adding the father’s details at a later date by completing an application for the re-registration of a child’s birth.
Links to information on your human rights when giving birth, including consenting to treatment, your right to choose where you give birth, your right to medical records and how to make a complaint.