Natalie has, together with our counsel in the case of Re Z Elizabeth Isaacs QC and Adem Muzaffer, written a comment piece for this week’s Bionews explaining the significant of the High Court's ruling in the case, which looks set to change the law for single parents...
Surrogacy campaigning
NGA quoted in the Independent – Outdated surrogacy laws being overhauled
NGA has been quoted in a long piece in today's Independent about the Law Commission's announcement that it plans to review UK surrogacy law. Highlighting the many problems with the existing laws, and the consensus across surrogacy organisations and MPs that reform is...
Single parent surrogacy – remedial order goes to Parliament
We are thrilled to announce that the government has, this morning, sent a draft remedial order to Parliament to change the law on surrogacy for single parents. If passed, it will enable single mothers and fathers to apply for secure legal status for their families in...
Single parents eagerly await remedial order as another parental order application is stayed pending a change in the law
In 2016 NGA Law represented a single father who had a child through surrogacy in the US in a parental order application, and managed to win a formal declaration from the President of the High Court Family Division that the current law discriminates against single...
Re Z and surrogacy law reform – Article published in International Family Law
We have written an article published in International Family Law, about the case of Re Z (no. 2) and the High Court having made a declaration of incompatibility ruling that UK surrogacy law discriminates against single parents. Explaining the case background and what...
What the Handmaid’s Tale has taught me about surrogacy – Article published in Bionews
Natalie has written a comment piece in this week's Bionews about ethical surrogacy from a feminist perspective. With the Handmaid's Tale on the TV again, she sets out that - rather than being a cautionary tale against surrogacy - it underlines exactly why informed...
UK law to change for single parents through surrogacy
We are thrilled to announce that UK law will be changed to permit single parents who have children through surrogacy to apply for a parental order. Under the current law, only couples can apply for a parental order to fully secure their parentage after surrogacy. ...
NGA at the House of Lords debate on surrogacy law reform
Helen and Natalie were invited to attend a debate in the House of Lords this evening on UK surrogacy law reform, together with other members of the surrogacy community. Led by Baroness Barker, the debate aired some of the current problems experienced by parents,...
Is surrogacy law reform finally on the horizon? – Article published in Fertility Road
We were asked to write an article for Fertility Road magazine about why we think surrogacy law needs to change - and how it should change. Read the full article here.The UK's leading surrogacy lawyers Find out more about how we support families through surrogacy
Modern surrogacy practice and the need for reform – Article published in Journal of Medical Law and Ethics
Helen and Natalie have written a substantive article for the Journal of Medical Law and Ethics about our experience of modern surrogacy practice for UK parents. They look at how surrogacy works in the UK, as well as what drives parents overseas and surrogacy practice...