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State-mandated pregnancy pamphlet in Va. wedding packets boggles newlyweds

Posted at 8:13 PM, Oct 28, 2015
and last updated 2015-10-28 20:15:43-04

CHESTERFIELD, Va. – The innocuous brochure was slipped into a marriage license packet, gifted by the Chesterfield Circuit Court to the newly wedded couple.

“You may not be ready to have a baby, but your body’s been preparing for years,” reads the pamphlet, which delves into pregnancy, birth defects and the importance of folic acid in prenatal vitamins.

But clients of Virginia wedding officiant Kimberly Kelly questioned why the courts have been tasked with distributing health information.

Kelly owns Dream A Little Dream Weddings and said a client was stunned when she recently received a brochure on pregnancy, birth defects and folic acid in her marriage license packet from Chesterfield Circuit Court.

“I think about same sex couples and I just don’t think it's appropriate,” Kelly said. “I know elderly couples that get married; even people who have cancer or some type of genetic disorder get married --but what if they can’t have a child?!”

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She said that in the nearly eight years that she has been officiating for Dream A Little Dream Weddings she has never run into the brochure.

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