So Much for Choice! U.K. Petition Seeks to Ban Women From Changing Their Names After Marriage

Amy Curtis | 10:00 PM on July 03, 2025

The Left loves to give women choices, right up until those choices don't toe the Leftist line.

In the U.K., a petition is circulating that demands the government ban women from changing their name after getting married.

Is it feminism to ban woman from changing their names? pic.twitter.com/pPnj4ZTrlj
— Hazel Appleyard (@HazelAppleyard_) July 3, 2025

So much for 'my body, my choice' huh?'

It should be up to the woman whether or not she wants to change her name after the nuptials, as most women do. This writer did, and would again, because that's her preference.

No choice allowed for women that make traditional choices.
— Bleu Cheque (@VERBAL_CHANCLA) July 3, 2025

We make the wrong choices, apparently.

But I want to change my name 😕
— Sinéad Watson (@ImWatson91) July 3, 2025

Too bad, the feminists know better than you do.

Yes, because every woman should go by her father's last name. 🤣🤣🤣
— Frederick the Wise, Elector of Saxony (@ConfessingTroll) July 3, 2025

That's what they're saying.

It’s a very ancient practice of coverture, indicating a man’s ownership of a woman, to take his last name. I’m fine with doing away with it.
— Sharon Byrne (@sharonevolving) July 3, 2025

Then don't change your name.

Let the rest of us decide for ourselves. This writer sees it as a sign of unity in marriage and a sign of respect for her husband. She gets to make that choice, not you, Sharon.