Kathmandu, August 15
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Health Upendra Yadav has clarified that the proposed safe motherhood law does not seek the father’s identity for registration of a child’s birth.
He, however, maintains that the law still requires the mother to clearly express why the child’s dad cannot be identified.
Responding to lawmakers’ concerns on provisions of the Safe Motherhood and Reproductive Health Rights Bill in the House of Representatives meeting today, Yadav said the mother could register her child’s birth in the way she wanted.
He said the government did not have any intention to disrespect women’s dignity in proposing this provision.
Earlier, the lawmakers had commented that the bill could not include all women of the country.
The bill was introduced to let women enjoy the right to safe motherhood as envisioned in Article 38 of the constitution.
