International surrogacy and surrogacy laws around the world
Read more about international surrogacy. Find out where surrogacy is legal, where commercial surrogacy is legal, and read about surrogacy laws around the world outside the UK.
New Foreign Office guidance for parents planning international surrogacy
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has today published updated guidance for parents planning international surrogacy arrangements. We have been working with the FCO on this new guidance as part of our campaigning and policy work and are proud to have helped with...
NGA quoted in The Independent – the rise in international surrogacy
The Independent newspaper has criticised the sharp rise in international surrogacy arrangements, quoting Natalie on UK surrogacy law. Responding to a study newly published in the Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, the Independent says that international...
International surrogacy law conference in Las Vegas – Article published in Family Law Journal
We were really pleased to be asked to write an article for UK journal Family Law following Natalie and Helen’s participation in the American Bar Association conference in Las Vegas last year. Family Law asked us to give an account of the conference and the issues it...
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...
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...
Crossing borders for surrogacy: the problems for families and policymakers – Article published in Bionews
Natalie has written a comment piece for this week's Bionews about international surrogacy and the legal complexities that arise from legal mismatches in the country of birth and the UK. Many intended parents accessing surrogacy services overseas just don't realise...
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...
Media coverage of first international surrogacy case
Natalie Gamble successful represented the parents in Re X and Y (2008), the UK's first parents to be granted a parental order following a surrogacy arrangement outside the UK. The judge's decision was reported, leading to national media coverage of the landmark case....
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