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...
Natalie has written an article for the Fertility Network UK magazine about the legal issues for parents who go overseas for fertility treatment. Covering egg donation, sperm donation and surrogacy, she urges fertility patients to be well informed about how a move...
Natalie Gamble was delighted to address the Progress Educational Trust’s Annual Conference on 24 November 2010, speaking to an eminent audience about the legal issues for patients having fertility treatment overseas, including donor conception and international...
Natalie has written a comment piece for this week's Bionews about a recent same-sex parenting case in the family court, in which a non-birth mother was ruled to have no financial responsibility for her child because she was not a legal parent. Highlighting the...
The Gamble and Ghevaert team are looking forward to exhibiting at the Fertility Show at London Olympia this Friday and Saturday – do come and see us and say hello! We are also speaking: Saturday 1.45 – 2.30 Single women, lesbian couples and alternative parenting –...
We have written an article for Ova magazine about UK law on sperm donation. Natalie explains how the rules work and what information you are entitled to - depending on the date you were conceived, and expresses her hope that as there is more openness about donor...
The government announced this week that the HFEA was one of several quangos set to be axed, as part of the government’s bid to cut costs and reduce the UK’s deficit. The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority has regulated fertility treatment and embryo research...
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...