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To just be appalled a pregnant woman has been jailed over this ?

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Sootyandsweep2019 · 18/09/2019 20:38

Yes, ammend the certificate to be factually accurate. But I am genuinely scared and appalled the CPS felt this was in the public interest to prosecute here. I mean, are they going to knock on the door of all Jeremy Kyle guests in a similar situation ? And there are many other cases where I'm just aghast a prosecution was thought to be in the public interest.

There are also women, who will protect a child by having someone else register as the father to keep a domestic abuser out if a child's life, I think we have a real, real authoratitive problem in this country as I could not trust any authorities that thought this was okay ( Daily mail story about mother jailed for naming the wrong man on birth certificate , trying to link but struggling on phone)

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SnuggyBuggy · 19/09/2019 18:03

The married thing does seem an odd exception these days.

Tilltheendoftheline · 19/09/2019 18:46

so nobody genuinely understands why I'm uncomfortable that witholdjng information about a child's paternity has now become a criminal matter ? And if it is legal to register your husband as the father, ( even if you both know this isn't true), aren't we essentially creating one law for middle class married's and one law for the rest ?

Are you really that dense?

She didnt withhold information. She commited fraud.

BrokenWing · 19/09/2019 19:35

She didn't withhold the father sure committed fraud.

All classes get married, you don't need to be middle classed.

Are you just making things up now?

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