Article content DUBAI — Seven months after the UAE decriminalized premarital sex, the legal change is not always reflected in how pregnancies outside marriage are treated, according to government guidance, lawyers and hospital staff. While women are no longer jailed for premarital sex, new births require the parents’ marriage certificate, health insurers do not offer maternity cover to unmarried women and in private online chatrooms unmarried women remain wary of seeking medical help for pregnancy issues. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Status of pregnancies outside marriage still unclear in UAE after law change Back to video