Media coverage
NGA quoted in Wired – Parents are hiring jets to see their surrogate children for the first time
Wired magazine has written an in-depth fhttps://www.wired.co.uk/article/coronavirus-lockdown-surrogacy-industryeature about the difficulties parents are currently experiencing as a result of the COVID pandemic international travel restrictions: “We’ve sorted out a...
Getting surrogacy families home during COVID-19 – NGA and the families we are helping in the news
On 20 March 2020 the US Passport Office closed its doors to in-person passport applications as a result of the escalating COVID pandemic, meaning that a number of our parents with newborn surrogate babies (who usually rely on the US passport to travel back to the UK)...
NGA on the BBC Today Programme today – surrogacy babies stranded due to COVID
Natalie Gamble was interviewed on this morning’s BBC Radio 4 Today Programme (here at 7.14am) about the problems faced by surrogacy families in the current coronavirus crisis. Natalie spoke to the BBC Radio 4 Today programme this morning about the crisis work we are...
NGA quoted in the Telegraph – Being a surrogate left me traumatised
NGA has been quoted extensively in a piece written for the Telegraph about UK surrogacy. In the piece, a woman who acted as an independent surrogate in the UK talks to journalist Kate Graham about her experience, in which a breakdown in the relationship with her...
NGA quoted in The Sun – I fulfilled a stranger’s dying wish by using his frozen sperm
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...
NGA in the Law Society Gazette on today’s law change for single parents
The Law Society Gazette have covered today's law change to include single parents in UK surrogacy law. Speaking to NGA Law, the Law Society Gazette wrote: The change has been welcomed by Burgate and London firm Natalie Gamble Associates, whose work to challenge UK...
Surrogacy isn’t about the money, but the law must change – Comment piece by Natalie published in The Guardian
Natalie Gamble has written a comment piece for the Guardian about surrogacy law reform, following her interview on the BBC Radio 4 Today programme yesterday. Arguing that the law in the UK need to recognise the reality of payments within UK surrogacy, she says this is...
NGA on BBC Radio 4 Woman’s Hour campaigning for transgender law reform
Natalie took part in a 45 minute discussion on Woman's Hour this week about reform of the Gender Recognition Act. As leading LGBT+ family lawyers, we support a process of self-identification for transgender and non-binary people amending their birth certificates. We...
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...
NGA quoted in the Evening Standard – Why surrogate pregnancies are on the rise
The Evening Standard has featured an article about the rise of surrogacy, looking at the options in the UK and overseas and the costs for intended parents. Our director Helen Prosser is quoted extensively throughout the article: According to Helen Prosser, co-owner...
NGA quoted in The Times – Hey miss superstar: they’re my embryos too
The Times has reported the case of US actress Sofia Vergara, who is in a dispute with her ex-partner Nick Loeb, about whether he should be able to use their stored embryos. Quoting NGA as leading experts in UK fertility law, the article says: UK law is more precise....
NGA quoted in the Independent – NHS hospitals forcing surrogate families to hand over newborn babies in car parks
Today's Independent has featured a news piece about problems experienced by parents through UK surrogacy caused by the lack of at-birth legal parenthood, resulting in NHS hospitals forcing surrogates to hand over babies to their parents in hospital car parks rather...
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