Our sister organisation, Brilliant Beginnings, is hosting a US surrogacy event, with speakers from Brilliant Beginnings, NGA Law and US experts from San Diego Fertility Center and Family Source Consulting.
International Surrogacy
NGA speaks at the American Bar Association conference in San Diego on global surrogacy
Natalie was delighted to speak at the Future Directions in Surrogacy Law conference at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies in London on 30 November.
Natalie gives evidence to the Irish Parliament on international surrogacy
The Irish Parliament has been hearing evidence from a range of expert witnesses on the issue of surrogacy law reform, and Natalie was delighted to be invited as a leading expert on UK law, together with academic lawyer Dr Kirsty Horsey. After each giving a five minute...
International surrogacy and the new HFEA guidance – Article published in Bionews
Natalie has written a comment piece in this week's Bionews about the new updated HFEA guidance on exporting eggs, sperm and embryos for international surrogacy. The change in guidance was the result of work NGA Law and Brilliant Beginnings did to persuade the HFEA...
Getting surrogacy families home during COVID-19 – NGA and the families we are helping in the news
On 20 March 2020 the US Passport Office closed its doors to in-person passport applications as a result of the escalating COVID pandemic, meaning that a number of our parents with newborn surrogate babies (who usually rely on the US passport to travel back to the UK)...
NGA emergency help for international surrogacy during the COVID-19 pandemic
The pandemic is causing chaos across the board, including for UK families going through international surrogacy. Parents from the UK who are expecting a baby through surrogacy cannot cancel or defer their child’s birth. We need practical solutions for safeguarding...
Travelling home with your baby after surrogacy abroad – the options
Your most pressing concern if you have a baby born through international surrogacy may be how quickly you can get home after he or she is born. This is often the first question we get asked when advising parents planning overseas surrogacy. U.K. immigration law in...
NGA quoted in the Independent – Outdated surrogacy laws being overhauled
NGA has been quoted in a long piece in today's Independent about the Law Commission's announcement that it plans to review UK surrogacy law. Highlighting the many problems with the existing laws, and the consensus across surrogacy organisations and MPs that reform is...
NGA quoted in the Evening Standard – Why surrogate pregnancies are on the rise
The Evening Standard has featured an article about the rise of surrogacy, looking at the options in the UK and overseas and the costs for intended parents. Our director Helen Prosser is quoted extensively throughout the article: According to Helen Prosser, co-owner...
Re Z and surrogacy law reform – Article published in International Family Law
We have written an article published in International Family Law, about the case of Re Z (no. 2) and the High Court having made a declaration of incompatibility ruling that UK surrogacy law discriminates against single parents. Explaining the case background and what...