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.
Here is a brief guide to what you need to know if you are considering exporting your frozen gametes (sperm or eggs) or embryos from the UK to overseas.
The British Fertility Society has now published its proposals on how it thinks UK fertility law need to be modernised.
NGA Law is delighted to be part of an educational course being run for intended LGBT+ parents by national fertility charity Fertility Network UK. Run online on Thursday evenings in August and September, the course offers free digital access to expert opinion and...
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has updated its guidance on exporting gametes and embryos for surrogacy, in a move which will help intended parents through international surrogacy. NGA Law and our sister organisation Brilliant Beginnings have...
Natalie Gamble was part of the panel of speakers discussing known donation at the Progress Educational Trust’s event: ‘Known unknowns: the pros, cons and consequences of known donation’. The event, attended by more than 200 people and covered in a feature on Woman’s...
We have written an article for the British Infertility Counselling Association about managing the legal issues for fertility patients who are separating or getting divorced. In the UK, no one legally ‘owns’ embryos and they are stored with both gamete providers...
Natalie has written a comment piece for this week’s Bionews in support of law reform for egg, sperm and embryo storage limits. The government is, until 5 May 2020, consulting on whether the UK’s laws on embryo and gamete storage should be reviewed. The current law...
The British Infertility Counselling Association Winter 2019 journal includes an article by Natalie about the law around storing eggs, sperm and embryos. The basic storage period set by UK law is ten years, but since there are also options to export or to extend...
The Sun has reported the case of single mum Liat Malka who conceived her daughter with frozen sperm from a deceased donor, after meeting his parents who desperately wanted to have a grandchild. Quoting NGA as leading experts in UK fertility law, the article says: "As...