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NGA quoted in the Sunday Telegraph – Surrogacy mother launches maternity leave challenge
We are delighted that the Sunday Telegraph has reported the case of a woman who is challenging the UK’s discriminatory rules on maternity leave, highlighting this important issue which affects many parents building families through surrogacy. The following...
Egg and sperm donors – how did it go?
Following her article written for our blog back in August last year, Kriss Fearon from the National Gamete Donation Trust has asked us to post this message about the important research the NGDT is doing about egg and sperm donors’ experiences, and how you can still...
Known donation on trial – Article published in Bionews
Natalie has written a comment piece in this week's Bionews about UK law in disputed known donation cases. Reviewing lessons learned from several recent cases which have found their way to the family court after disputes arose between parents and known donors, she...
International surrogacy law conference in Las Vegas – Article published in Family Law Journal
We were really pleased to be asked to write an article for UK journal Family Law following Natalie and Helen’s participation in the American Bar Association conference in Las Vegas last year. Family Law asked us to give an account of the conference and the issues it...
How to avoid a known donor dispute
The courts are all talking about same sex parenting disputes. The Court of Appeal has this week been hearing from a donor applying for contact with his biological son against a lesbian couple who say they feel “bitterness and betrayal” (the case has not yet been...
President of the High Court Family Division endorses international surrogacy
Sir Nicholas Wall, the President of the High Court Family Division, has made public his decision to give parenthood to the British parents of twins born through surrogacy in India. The President said the issues were of “considerable public importance” and he wished...
NGA surrogacy parents talk to the Independent about why they chose US surrogacy
Today’s Independent features a piece by Alice Jolly, mother to daughter Hope who was born through a surrogacy arrangement in the US, and who we are proud to be working with. Well done to Alice for her bravery in speaking out to highlight her experience. As she says...
ABA Conference in Las Vegas brings together fertility lawyers from across the globe
Natalie and Helen were delighted to attend the American Bar Association’s Family and Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART) conference in Las Vegas (26-29 October 2011). The conference brought together the world’s leading experts in assisted reproduction and...
An interesting perspective on the HFEA’s decision from the USA
We thought some of you may be interested in this response to the HFEA’s decision from Julie Shapiro in the USA, who writes an excellent blog on assisted reproduction law at http://julieshapiro.wordpress.com/ And The Right Price Is……..$1200 My last post was triggered...
HFEA shift on donor payments will make little difference
The HFEA announced yesterday that, after an extensive public consultation and review, the system for paying egg and sperm donors in the UK is changing. Instead of donors being paid out of pocket expenses plus an allowance for loss of earnings of up to £250, egg...
International surrogacy parents speak to the World at One
Parents Michelle and Paul (names changed) spoke to BBC Radio 4’s World at One today about their experiences of international surrogacy, and the problems with surrogacy law in the UK. Their legal case (in which we represented them successfully) was reported anonymously...
Your surrogate will end up keeping the baby won’t she? Article published in Fertility Network UK magazine
We have written an article for Fertility Network UK magazine about the most common surrogacy myth of all - that a surrogate in the UK has a right - and is likely - to keep the baby she carries. That is neither the experience we see on the ground, nor a good statement...
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