State Might Create Birth Certificates For Stillborn Babies

[The Straight Story]

State Might Create Birth Certificates For Stillborn Babies

POSTED: 10:23 pm EST March 8, 2006

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Florida is two steps closer to creating birth certificates for stillborn babies after lawmakers unanimously approved the "Missing Angels" bill in two committees Wednesday.

"It's exciting to see that the Legislature is embracing it as a means of bringing help and healing to people. I'm excited at the momentum it's gaining," said Daryl Logullo, of Vero Beach.

Logullo and his wife, Beth, are pushing Florida's part of a national movement to create birth certificates in every state. Mothers who carry children for at least 20 weeks and deliver them stillborn could request the certificates.

Daryl and Beth say they're working in honor of their baby Katherine, who was stillborn two days after Mother's Day last year.

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