Media coverage
Surrogacy isn’t about the money, but the law must change – Comment piece by Natalie published in The Guardian
Natalie Gamble has written a comment piece for the Guardian about surrogacy law reform, following her interview on the BBC Radio 4 Today programme yesterday. Arguing that the law in the UK need to recognise the reality of payments within UK surrogacy, she says this is...
NGA on BBC Radio 4 Woman’s Hour campaigning for transgender law reform
Natalie took part in a 45 minute discussion on Woman's Hour this week about reform of the Gender Recognition Act. As leading LGBT+ family lawyers, we support a process of self-identification for transgender and non-binary people amending their birth certificates. We...
NGA quoted in the Independent – Outdated surrogacy laws being overhauled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...
NGA quoted in The Times – Hey miss superstar: they’re my embryos too
The Times has reported the case of US actress Sofia Vergara, who is in a dispute with her ex-partner Nick Loeb, about whether he should be able to use their stored embryos. Quoting NGA as leading experts in UK fertility law, the article says: UK law is more precise....
NGA quoted in the Independent – NHS hospitals forcing surrogate families to hand over newborn babies in car parks
Today's Independent has featured a news piece about problems experienced by parents through UK surrogacy caused by the lack of at-birth legal parenthood, resulting in NHS hospitals forcing surrogates to hand over babies to their parents in hospital car parks rather...
Law Society Gazette features Natalie Gamble: my legal life
Natalie has been featured in the Law Society Gazette's regular 'My legal life' column. A regular feature which asks prominent lawyers about their journey to their legal specialism and the issues they care about, it's a chance for lawyers to share a bit of personal...
NGA in the Law Society Gazette on the Law Commission’s surrogacy law reform project
NGA has been interviewed by the Law Society Gazette about the Law Commission's announcement that it plans to review UK surrogacy law, and our leading role in pushing for law reform. The piece says: Identifying surrogacy as an area of law where reform may be required,...
NGA case reported in the Telegraph – Gay couple who paid surrogate mothers declared legal parents
The decision of the High Court in the leading NGA case of Re A, B and C (2016) has been reported in today's Daily Telegraph. The case involved a gay couple who engaged in three different surrogacy arrangements via a UK surrogacy Facebook group, and misled the family...
Media coverage of our Re M Court of Appeal victory
The national (and international) media has been covering the Court of Appeal ruling in NGA case Re M. BBC News (reported as the 2nd item on the main national news, 30 June 2016): A woman who wants to use her dead daughter's frozen eggs to give birth to her own...
Media coverage of the landmark human rights ruling in our single dad surrogacy case
We have had a flurry of media coverage in response to the ruling in our single dad surrogacy case declaring the law incompatible with human rights. The Times (21 May 2016) - Single father wins legal right to bring up surrogate child: "Natalie Gamble, solicitor for the...
NGA quoted in the Guardian: The kindness of strangers – should surrogates get paid?
The Guardian's Weekend magazine today includes a long feature about surrogacy, thoughtfully covering the challenges of the existing law as well as the experience of parents going through the process in the UK and overseas. As well as featuring six of the landmark...
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