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← 🇧🇪 Chambre des représentants/PROPOSITION DE LOIbe-56-0840

Proposition de loi modifiant le Code civil en ce qui concerne l'accouchement discret.

Stage en_commissionUpdated 3mo ago

This is a Belgian private member's bill (proposition de loi) submitted to the Chamber of Representatives that would amend the Civil Code concerning 'accouchement discret', or confidential childbirth. This practice allows a woman to give birth without disclosing her identity, so that her details are not recorded on the child's birth record. Based on the title alone, the bill seeks to set out or clarify the legal framework for this option. The bill mainly concerns birth mothers who may wish to give birth confidentially, as well as children born under such arrangements, who may later seek information about their origins. Because this summary is based only on the metadata and not the full text, the precise changes to filiation, access to origins, and birth registration rules should be checked in the bill itself.