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Lawyer urges MPs to back miscarriage bill: ‘I’ve just left my son at the mortuary but the law says I go back to work the next day’

'By not having this support in your workplace, you are not supporting women, in particular'

Keeley Lengthorn says miscarriage is not an illness and it shouldn't be taken out of paid sick leave
Keeley Lengthorn says miscarriage is not an illness and it shouldn't be taken out of paid sick leave

A partner at a top City firm, who suffered three miscarriages in a row, is urging MPs to back a bill that would guarantee the right to paid leave for bereaved parents who lose their child before 24 weeks.

Keeley Lengthorn, who works at law firm Taylor Rose, lost her son George when she was 22 weeks pregnant, two weeks before she was entitled to paid statutory leave under UK law.

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