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NGA on today’s BBC Radio 4 Today Programme – who should have the rights where a surrogate baby is disabled?
Natalie was interviewed by James Naughtie on this morning’s BBC Radio 4 Today Programme about surrogacy (listen again here). The programme covered a US surrogacy case which hit the news after a US surrogate mother refused to terminate her pregnancy at 21 weeks when it...
Fertility patient organisations grapple with implications of High Court donor conception ruling
NGA has been contacted by UK patient organisations trying to clarify the implications of the High Court’s ruling, which has allowed two sperm donors to argue in court that they should have rights of contact with their biological children. NGA has been representing the...
Landmark High Court ruling on sperm donation and same sex parenting
The High Court has today made a landmark ruling, allowing two civilly partnered sperm donors the right to ask for contact with their biological children (against the wishes of the children’s respective lesbian mothers), but also warning that it will consider the need...
NGA in Metro – should commercial surrogacy be legalised?
Metro featured a big spread on Wednesday asking whether commercial surrogacy should be made legal in the UK. Read Natalie’s comments on the increasing acceptance of surrogacy, and the need to create a more structured legal framework, as well as legal changes urgently...
Indian surrogacy reforms – what’s the latest for gay dads and others?
There has been press coverage over the past couple of days about the new Indian surrogacy laws blocking gay dads from accessing surrogacy in India. It is an issue which has been brewing for a while, with a Bill lurking in the Indian Parliament for the past two years...
NGA quoted in Red Magazine on the 101 ways to make a family
Red Magazine has a feature this month about alternative routes to parenthood. From Melanie and her husband who have surrogate twiblings born five days apart, to gay dads with twins created with the same egg donor but each of their sperm (something we actually see...
NGA quoted in The Independent – the rise in international surrogacy
The Independent newspaper has criticised the sharp rise in international surrogacy arrangements, quoting Natalie on UK surrogacy law. Responding to a study newly published in the Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, the Independent says that international...
NGA nominated for G3 Magazine Readers’ Awards
We are thrilled to have been nominated by G3 magazine for two of their Readers’ Awards. As a team, NGA has been nominated for the Family Provider/Initiative of the Year, while Natalie has been nominated as Diversity Champion of the Year. Introducing the Awards, G3...
NGA on today’s BBC Radio 4 Woman’s Hour – known sperm donors
Natalie was interviewed on BBC Radio 4 Woman’s Hour on Thursday on the topic of private sperm donation. The programme feature NGA client Mark Langridge (the donor who has been pursued for child support by the CSA twelve years after donating his sperm to a lesbian...
Maternity leave rights to be introduced for parents through surrogacy
Some days I feel very proud of what we do here, and today is one of those days. After a campaign of more than five years, I am thrilled to post that the government announced yesterday that they would be introducing adoption leave (equivalent to maternity leave) rights...
ITV Daybreak interviews first single dad to become a parent through UK surrogacy
Today’s ITV Daybreak featured Kyle Casson, a single dad who we are proud to be working with on his journey to become the first single parent through surrogacy in the UK. Well done to Kyle for speaking out so bravely, and for being such a great a champion for solo...
NGA quoted in The Guardian – Gay sperm donor pays maintenance for ‘his’ children
The Guardian has reported the case of NGA client Mark Langridge, a sperm donor pursued for maintenance payments: "Natalie Gamble, founder of Natalie Gamble Associates, the UK's foremost experts on fertility law, says the law in this area changed a few years ago. "Had...
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