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Change in law to ensure paid leave for women who suffer miscarriage demanded by MPs

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Prime Minister demanding that provision me made for the thousands of women who lose babies before their term is complete but have no time off to grieve.

SNP MP Angela Crawley, one of the MPs pressing for change, said that around one in eight pregnancies will end in miscarriage, meaning thousands of women and men are “suffering profound loss without adequate time to grieve.”The MP for Lanark and Hamilton East said: “The loss of a baby at any stage of a pregnancy can be traumatic and parents need adequate time to grieve.”She added: “However, under current rules, the only way they can get that time to grieve is by requesting compassionate leave - which may or may not be granted - or take annual or unpaid leave.

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