Petitions/End men’s financial responsibilities in cases of deceptive conception
StatusClosed
Opened24 Dec 2025
Closes24 Jun 2026
Government response
Parliamentary debateNot eligible
Milestones

We wish for men to be allowed to relinquish themselves of all responsibility arising from imposed paternity.

At this time, men are deemed responsible for the financial contribution of a child regardless of whether or not they consented to the child been conceived. Having experienced, first hand, the impact that forced fatherhood/imposed paternity has on men across the nation, I think something needs to change. If a woman lies about her inability to conceive a child to become pregnant, the father has no legal rights but to pay support even if they have proof that the mother has lied.

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Constituency engagement ranking

Sir Alec Shelbrooke
1Sir Alec Shelbrooke MP
Wetherby and Easingwold
4
Natasha Irons
2Natasha Irons MP
Croydon East
2
Martin Wrigley
3Martin Wrigley MP
Newton Abbot
2
Kevin Bonavia
4Kevin Bonavia MP
Stevenage
2
Gill German
5Gill German MP
Clwyd North
2
Sojan Joseph
6Sojan Joseph MP
Ashford
1
Laura Kyrke-Smith
7Laura Kyrke-Smith MP
Aylesbury
1
Sean Woodcock
8Sean Woodcock MP
Banbury
1
Laurence Turner
9Laurence Turner MP
Birmingham Northfield
1
Yasmin Qureshi
10Yasmin Qureshi MP
Bolton South and Walkden
1