Conception

UK woman conceives with dead husband’s sperm abroad

UK woman conceives with dead husband’s sperm abroad

The press has reported the case of a UK woman who has won permission from the HFEA to have her deceased husband’s sperm exported abroad for IVF treatment after his death.  You can read more about the story here. How does UK law work on post-death use of sperm? The...

Landmark High Court ruling on sperm donation and same sex parenting

Landmark High Court ruling on sperm donation and same sex parenting

The High Court has today made a landmark ruling, allowing two civilly partnered sperm donors the right to ask for contact with their biological children (against the wishes of the children’s respective lesbian mothers), but also warning that it will consider the need...

NGA quoted in Red Magazine on the 101 ways to make a family

NGA quoted in Red Magazine on the 101 ways to make a family

Red Magazine has a feature this month about alternative routes to parenthood. From Melanie and her husband who have surrogate twiblings born five days apart, to gay dads with twins created with the same egg donor but each of their sperm (something we actually see...

NGA on today’s BBC Radio 4 Woman’s Hour – known sperm donors

NGA on today’s BBC Radio 4 Woman’s Hour – known sperm donors

Natalie was interviewed on BBC Radio 4 Woman’s Hour on Thursday on the topic of private sperm donation. The programme feature NGA client Mark Langridge (the donor who has been pursued for child support by the CSA twelve years after donating his sperm to a lesbian...