NGA embryo dispute case in the news

The media has featured a case we are acting in involving a couple from Gloucester who are fighting to save their stored embryos. A question of timing means that Mr and Mrs Gladwin do not benefit from fertility law regulations which would otherwise allow them to store their embryos for much longer than the basic five year period normally permitted by the law, and they are imploring the government to change the law to rescue their last-chance embryos. 

Daily Telegraph – Woman cancer survivor told she cannot keep frozen embryos

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