By Mark Bridge, The Times, Saturday 17 July 2010 Shadowy world of web’s unregulated fertility sites Unregulated “fertility” websites that put their members in touch with sperm donors for a fee are exploiting vulnerable women and risking users’ health and finances, the...
The High Court has decided that a lesbian (non birth) mother does not have to financially support the ten year old child she conceived together with her partner. In a landmark decision, the court has ruled that even though the mother was awarded ‘parental...
From The Independent, Thursday 20 May 2010 At 37, Lulu le Vay found herself single, infertile and craving a child. She decided to try surrogacy – but discovered that only stable couples need apply One evening last September I was sitting in my consultant’s office...
A message from the HFEA: Over the summer and autumn of 2010 the HFEA will be reviewing a number of its policies relating to sperm, egg and embryo donation. The aim of the review is to ensure HFEA policies facilitate safe and effective donation while protecting the...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Since 1991 UK fertility clinics have had a legal duty to consider the 'need for a father' of any child who may be born as a result of treatment. In an in-depth article for Reproductive Biomedicine Online, Natalie examines the origins of that legal requirement, how it...
Today marks an important step in English fertility law, with the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 – the first major review of UK fertility law for 19 years – coming into force. Our website has been fully updated to take account of all the changes which...