'It is disgusting': Parents of young couple killed in Manchester Arena slam government
The families of a young couple killed in the Manchester Arena terror attack have told of their anguish at a law that prevents them from registering the deaths of their children. Teenage sweethearts Chloe Rutherford and Liam Curry were among the 22 people killed in the attack in May 2017.
However, Lisa and Caroline, from South Shields, have argued that being able to register their children's deaths is an important part of the grieving process and that the current law takes away the choice of parents to do so. Lisa and Caroline have now launched a petition calling on the Government to change the law so that parents in the future are able to register the death of their child, regardless of the circumstances.
"But if that is taken from me as well, where does my finality come from? Where do I get that from? Because they [the government] will have taken that away from me." When contacted by Chronicle Live, the government said that any amendments to the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 'would require careful consideration and require parliamentary time to enact'.
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