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NGA case featured in The Guardian – Couples who pay surrogate mothers could lose right to raise the child
By Denis Campbell, health correspondent. Published in the Guardian, Monday 5 April 2010 Childless couples who acquire a baby using a surrogate mother abroad risk not being recognised as its parents in Britain if they flout British law by paying fees, fertility lawyers...
Completion of the UK’s new fertility laws welcomed today
The last piece of the government’s flagship Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 came into force today, completing the first major overhaul of the UK’s fertility laws in twenty years. The HFE Bill is a major piece of government legislation which has updated the...
Going solo: fertility treatment options and the law for women starting a family on their own – Article published in Bionews
Natalie has written a comment piece for this week's Bionews about women who start a family on their own as solo mothers. Looking at sperm donation at clinics, as well as known donation and co-parenting, Natalie considers the legal issues associated with the different...
Natalie Gamble at 10 Downing Street
Natalie was delighted to meet the Prime Minister Gordon Brown, at a reception to celebrate the contribution of the LGBT community to Britain. The event was attended by leading gay and lesbian professionals, business leaders and celebrities, and Natalie was invited in...
NGA quoted in The Observer – New surrogacy laws ease the path to parenthood for gay men
By Robin McKie, science editor, The Observer, Sunday 28 March 2010 Changes to legislation will recognise growing trend for same-sex couples to become parents, say campaigners. Gay male couples will be able to use a fast-track route to become the legal parents of...
Natalie Gamble invited to 10 Downing Street
We are delighted to report that Natalie has been invited by the Prime Minister to a reception at 10 Downing Street to celebrate the contribution of leading lesbian and gay people to Britain. The invitation to Number 10 recognises Natalie’s work as a prominent champion...
Prime Minister responds to our clients’ embryo appeal
Back in October, our clients Melanie and Robert Gladwin succeeded in winning a last minute change to the law on embryo storage, allowing them (and other prospective parents like them) to keep their precious frozen embryos. Their campaign included a petition presented...
NGA quoted in the Daily Mail on solo mothers
The Daily Mail has featured an article on solo mothers by choice, looking at single women who conceive through sperm donation in the UK. Natalie Gamble is quoted in the article, alongside leading clinicians and patient representatives, as a leading fertility law...
Department of Health consults on surrogacy law
Parents through surrogacy must apply to court for a ‘parental order’ after their child is born, making them the legal parents and extinguishing the status of their surrogate mother. Under the current law only married couples can apply, but Parliament decided last year...
NGA in the Evening Standard on the lack of maternity leave for mothers through surrogacy
The London Evening Standard has covered the lack of rights to maternity leave for mothers who have a child through surrogacy, and Natalie Gamble is quoted (read the Evening Standard article ‘Women who use surrogates in fight to claim maternity leave’). This is just...
Moving surrogacy law forward? The Department of Health’s consultation on parental orders – Article published in Bionews
Natalie has written a comment piece in this week's Bionews about the Department of Health's consulation on updates to the parental order regulations. Explaining what is in the proposed new regulations, the article looks at the parental order system as a whole and...
Two mums and a baby – Article published in Fertility Network UK magazine
We have written an article, published in Fertility Network UK magazine, summarising the new law for same-sex parents conceiving children together. Read 'Two mums and a baby: same-sex parents and the new rules on birth certificates'.The UK's leading conception lawyers...
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