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British lawmaker Tulip Siddiq delays birth for Brexit vote - USA TODAY

A British member of parliament has delayed the birth of her son because she wants to vote on Brexit, the United Kingdom's decision to leave the European Union. 

Tulip Siddiq, a Labour member of the U.K.'s House of Commons, was scheduled to welcome her baby boy on Tuesday at 37 weeks by way of a caesarean section. Instead, she pushed the date back to Thursday to vote against U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal, the Evening Standard reports. 

“If my son enters the world even one day later than the doctors advised, but it’s a world with a better chance of a strong relationship between Britain and Europe, then that’s worth fighting for," Siddiq told the Standard. 

Doctors advised Siddiq, 36, to have the C-section on Tuesday because she had developed gestational diabetes, the Standard reports, but medical staff agreed to push the date back so she could go to Parliament. This will be Siddiq's second child. 

"She should not have to choose between going through the division lobby in a wheelchair, nine months pregnant... or losing her right to vote"," Harriet Harman, also a Labour member of parliament, said Monday. 

Pregnant or sick lawmakers who are unable to vote are supposed to be paired with an opposition party member who isn't allowed to vote in order for a fair overall vote, but this agreement has not always been followed. Last summer, conservative chief whip Julian Smith said he voted "by accident" while politician Jo Swinson was on maternity leave.

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