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NGA part of HFEA National Donation Strategy Group
The UK’s regulator of fertility treatment, the HFEA, undertook a wide ranging public consultation last year, which looked at the barriers and motivations to egg and sperm donation in the UK. The review uncovered numerous barriers to donation, some which could be...
Surrogacy needs a sensible national and international framework – Article published in International Family Law
The Hague Conference on Private International Law announced last year that it was looking at regulating international surrogacy arrangements. Although the process is at an early stage, any international treaty on surrogacy could have a significant impact on the...
Corrie update – keeping it in the family works well
Last night saw Katy’s offer to carry sister Izzy’s baby cause unrest amongst the family. In our experience, family-based surrogacy arrangements are usually incredibly positive. The existing relationship between the surrogate and the intended parents provides a solid...
Family life on Coronation Street takes on a whole new shape through surrogacy
Coronation Street is the first major UK soap to tackle surrogacy, with a story beginning tonight in which Katy offers to carry a baby for her disabled sister Izzy and husband Gary. As the UK’s leading experts on surrogacy law, Natalie Gamble Associates were approached...
Breaking up after fertility treatment – Article published in Fertility Network UK magazine
Natalie has written an article for the Fertility Network UK magazine about the law when couples separate after having fertility treatment. The article covers both the position in relation to stored eggs, sperm and embryos, and legal parenthood and whether it matters...
Is surrogacy really so unethical?
The Telegraph and Daily Mail have reported that womb transplants may soon become a reality for women unable to carry a baby – groundbreaking science creating a ‘more ethical solution than surrogacy’. Yet again, surrogacy is getting a bad press. It is either...
Made in the USA: representing UK parents through US ART – Article published in Family Law Quarterly
Natalie was asked to write an article for the US legal journal Family Law Quarterly following her talk to the conference of the American Bar Association conference in Las Vegas. She covers what US assisted reproduction attorneys need to know when working with intended...
The Indian surrogacy industry and why we need to reform UK surrogacy law – Article published in Bionews
Natalie has written a comment piece in this week's Bionews about surrogacy in India. Following various media stories about British parents getting stuck in India waiting for UK passports for their babies born through surrogacy, Natalie sets out how this is a common...
Indian surrogacy for British parents – what’s the law?
Following prominent Indian surrogacy stories in the Telegraph and Evening Standard, Natalie was interviewed on BBC Radio this afternoon to explain the law. In the absence of regulation, a commercial surrogacy industry in India has boomed over the last few years, with...
A guide for single dads building families
For single prospective dads, the decision between surrogacy, adoption and co-parenting is a tough one, with each option having its own benefits and pitfalls. First, ask yourself the question – what role do I want to have in my child’s life? To go it on your own or...
Egg donor recruitment – what’s wrong with students donating?
There was press coverage over the weekend about a UK egg donor agency which has been leafleting students at Cambridge University to try and recruit egg donors. The tabloid coverage was yawningly predictable – vulnerable young students being enticed to sell their eggs...
NGA quoted in Guardian weekend magazine – Gay parenting: it’s complicated
Emma Brockes has written a fabulous major feature for this weekend’s Guardian Weekend magazine on same sex parenting, in which we are proud to be quoted. The piece tells the story of three modern same sex parent families: Kellen and Patricia, lesbian mums from New...
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