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HFEA shift on donor payments will make little difference
The HFEA announced yesterday that, after an extensive public consultation and review, the system for paying egg and sperm donors in the UK is changing. Instead of donors being paid out of pocket expenses plus an allowance for loss of earnings of up to £250, egg...
International surrogacy parents speak to the World at One
Parents Michelle and Paul (names changed) spoke to BBC Radio 4’s World at One today about their experiences of international surrogacy, and the problems with surrogacy law in the UK. Their legal case (in which we represented them successfully) was reported anonymously...
Your surrogate will end up keeping the baby won’t she? Article published in Fertility Network UK magazine
We have written an article for Fertility Network UK magazine about the most common surrogacy myth of all - that a surrogate in the UK has a right - and is likely - to keep the baby she carries. That is neither the experience we see on the ground, nor a good statement...
NGA quoted in the BBC – the childless UK couples considering Indian surrogates
NGA has been quoted by the BBC today, reporting on Indian surrogacy: "There are not only medical warnings but according to leading surrogacy lawyer Natalie Gamble, legal issues too. "The first hurdle is immigration, and in many cases the conflicting laws between the...
Adopting babies in the UK is getting more difficult
Today’s news about the diminishing numbers of babies being adopted in the UK does not at all surprise us. The BBC has today reported that only 60 children under one were adopted in the UK last year, of the 3,500 currently in the care system. This marks a significant...
Natalie speaks at The Alternative Families Show 17 September
Natalie Gamble was joined by hundreds of prospective parents at the Alternative Families Show in Covent Garden last Saturday where she was a key note speaker. The event, in its second year, showcased every aspect of conceiving by alternative methods and was...
UK Donor Link threatened with closure
We are dismayed and alarmed by news that funding may be withdrawn from UK Donor Link, an organisation which provides vital support to donor conceived people conceived in the UK before 1991. Natalie Gamble has written to the Minister of Health Anne Milton to urge her...
NGDT wants to hear donors’ voices
The National Gamete Donation Trust (NGDT) are running a Donor Satisfaction Survey on the back of some poor feedback from prospective egg and sperm donors. They asked for our support to get the issues addressed, and Kriss Fearon from the NGDT has written the following...
Your surrogate will keep the baby, won’t she?
So many clients tell us that this is the question they are asked when they tell their friends – and even their fertility doctors – that they are considering surrogacy. Is it true? Are surrogacy arrangements in the UK very risky, with the surrogate mother holding all...
First results from HFEA egg and sperm donation review
The HFEA has been reviewing the rules for egg and sperm donation in the UK and has announced its first set of decisions this month. The basic news so far is that little is set to change. There will be no change to the current rule allowing donors to place any...
Surrogacy law: court awards parenthood to deceased father following Indian surrogacy
The High Court has made an unprecedented order awarding parenthood to a deceased father of a baby boy born through surrogacy in India. A couple, known only as Mr and Mrs A, entered into a surrogacy arrangement and their son was born in India on 12 April 2010. The...
NGA part of BBC Radio 4 Woman’s Hour on whether the UK should allow commercial surrogacy
Natalie was interviewed on this morning’s Woman’s Hour by Jenni Murray, in a debate about whether it is time for UK law on payments for surrogacy to be updated. Responding to the comments made by High Court judge Mr Justice Hedley on last weeks’ World at One (about...
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