Luton's MP's fight for more rights for bereaved parents

A new law to allow full paid time off work for parents who experience a miscarriage or still birth has been introduced to Parliament this week, led by Luton North MP Sarah Owen.

Currently, if a miscarriage happens in the first 24 weeks of a pregnancy, there's no legal right to maternity or parental bereavement leave. Ms Owen says her new law will give both parents who suffer such trauma the automatic right to paid leave from work for at least a week, regardless of what time during a pregnancy a woman miscarries.