Jesy Nelson’s SMA petition passes 66,000 signatures

Jesy Nelson's calls on Parliament as her twins, who suffer from eight-month-old twin daughters Ocean and Story, were recently diagnosed with SMA Type 1.

The English artist urged the government to fund and support speeding up the process to include the SMA in the NHS newborn heel-prick assessment.

For the unversed, SMA Type 1 is a rare muscle-wasting disease, for which the UK government has already received 66,000 signatures to add SMA in the Newborn Screening Test.

It is important to note that, when 100,000 or more sign it will be debated in the parliament.

The 34-year-old crooner, amid her own motherhood woes, urged a petition in this regard to which UK officials responded.

Jesy is advocating her platform to drive "real change,” while conversing with the Daily Mirror, "I’m really proud to be working alongside the Mirror and SMA UK on this campaign and launching this petition. “

The crooner marked, “This is something that means a lot to me personally, and I’m passionate about using my platform to raise awareness, support families affected, and help drive real change.”

Continuing, "Partnering with organizations who care so deeply about this makes it even more special to be part of."

Jesy took to Instagram and proudly announced that her petition was live.

She penned, "As you all know, I’ve been working hard to campaign for SMA to be added to the newborn screening heel-prick test here in the UK.

"I’ve popped the link in my stories bio. Any support, shares or signatures would mean the world to me and to so many other families," she concluded.