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CHINA - UNMARRIED MOTHERS TO GET
CHILDREN'S BIRTH CERTIFICATES - Hubei Province
Editor:Sun
Xi - December 2, 2013
Central
China's
Birth certificates are a required document when registering permanent residence
in
The Hubei Provincial Birth Certificate Management Regulation was issued by the
Health and Family Planning Commission and Public Security Department of Hubei
Province.
The move has re-opened a debate about unmarried mothers and their children,
especially after Wuhan, capital city of Hubei Province, triggered wide public
criticism for requiring women who give birth out of wedlock to pay heavy
'social compensation fees'.
"It will save me a lot of trouble," said Guo Chu, 23. She got
pregnant around 19, when she was under the legal age for marriage in
"If he is successfully registered, it will be much more convenient for him
to access education and medical services," she said.
One new mother named Chen said unmarried women have the right to choose whether
or not to raise their child on their own and that out of wedlock births should
be managed by the Marriage Law.
Yan Meifu, director of the Population and
Shi Renbing, director of the Population and Policy Research Institute at
Huazhong University of Science and Technology, said that children born to
unmarried mothers should not be discriminated against in any way.
Every year in
Without the household registration, the children will not be allowed into
kindergarten and each time they fall ill, medical fees are higher than average.
(Source: news.xinhuanet.com/Translated and edited by womenofchina.cn)