The National Assembly for Wales's Petitions Committee has been formally presented with a petition calling for a change to the guidelines for medical care offered to babies born at or after 22 weeks in Wales.
The petition gained over 300 paper signatures and 2,543 online, and was formally received by the Committee on the steps of the Senedd in Cardiff Bay at 13.00 on Tuesday 14 October.
The exact wording of the petition is as follows:
We call upon the National Assembly for Wales to urge the Welsh Government to:
- change the guidelines so that babies born after 22 weeks and who show signs of life are given appropriate medical care; and
- In changing these guidelines ensure that they include a guarantee that a pediatrician will review and weigh every baby born after 22 weeks who shows signs of life immediately after their birth so that parents and clinicians can make informed decisions based on the individual baby's chance of survival.
