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Cracking the Register open – what does the legal change mean for donor-conceived people?
In 2005, UK law changed to require any donors donating their eggs or sperm (gametes) in UK licensed clinics to be ‘ID-release’. This was a significant pivot from the law pre-2005, under which gamete donors were anonymous. Donor-conceived people born following the 2005 law change, who have the legal right to find out the identity of their donor once they are adults, have now begun to reach the age of 18 from around November 2023.
Three High Court judgments warn of risky surrogacy practices in Cyprus and urge intended parents to exercise caution
Three important recent High Court judgments have highlighted the risks with multi-jurisdictional surrogacy arrangements in Cyprus.
Our letter to the Times re their article on surrogacy
Dear Editor of the Times. We are writing in response to your article ‘loophole allows Britons to buy babies abroad’. As the law firm which has
Does it breach inter-country adoption laws to adopt a non-biological child born through overseas surrogacy? – new NGA reported case
The High Court has granted an adoption order to British parents through US surrogacy and egg/sperm donation in a new reported NGA Law case
Natalie speaks at Progress Educational Trust event: The fertility landscape for LGBTQ+ communities
Natalie was delighted to join a panel of expert speakers for an event attended by more than 100 people last week to discuss barriers to family building for the LGBTQ+ community.
New academic book – Future Directions in Surrogacy Law
Natalie is delighted to have contributed a chapter for a soon-to-be published book by Bristol University Press, Future Directions in Surrogacy Law.
NGA Law quoted in The I Paper – ‘people need to realise the lengths we’ll go to’
The I Paper has featured a story about British parents Amita and Sham whose twin boys Rey and Ryo were born through surrogacy in Ukraine in July this year. As the headline says, the story reflects the lengths intended parents will go to to have a...
Natalie Gamble guests with Fertility Alliance on the legal aspects of egg and sperm donation
Natalie was delighted to be interviewed as part of a series of information videos from UK charity The Fertility Alliance. Talking with charity lead Kate Brian, Natalie talks about how the law affects parents conceiving a child with donated gametes or embryos, and the various associated considerations and implications.
Natalie Gamble argues the law on parentage should be widened at the Family Justice Council 17th annual debate, chaired by the President of the High Court Family Division
Natalie was delighted to be invited to speak at a Royal Courts of Justice event on 5 December 2004 on the issue of legal parenthood, run by the Family Justice Council and discussing whether it was time for the law on parentage to be widened.
Why is there a shortage of surrogates in the UK? Is UK law to blame?
Surrogacy in the UK is growing, but a shortage of surrogates and outdated laws leave many parents turning abroad. Discover why change is needed to protect surrogates and help more families grow closer to home.
Adoption for LGBTQ families
Adoption typically conjures an image of prospective adoptive parents going through a rigorous assessment before being approved by an adoption panel and matched with a child who needs a loving home. This is agency adoption, but there are other forms of adoption too....
Kelly Blaxall speaks at the Third International Congress on Reproductive Law in Ukraine
Kelly was delighted to speak at the Third International Congress on Reproductive Law in Ukraine on Friday 8 November 2024 by Zoom.
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