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UK Donor Link threatened with closure
We are dismayed and alarmed by news that funding may be withdrawn from UK Donor Link, an organisation which provides vital support to donor conceived people conceived in the UK before 1991. Natalie Gamble has written to the Minister of Health Anne Milton to urge her...
NGDT wants to hear donors’ voices
The National Gamete Donation Trust (NGDT) are running a Donor Satisfaction Survey on the back of some poor feedback from prospective egg and sperm donors. They asked for our support to get the issues addressed, and Kriss Fearon from the NGDT has written the following...
Your surrogate will keep the baby, won’t she?
So many clients tell us that this is the question they are asked when they tell their friends – and even their fertility doctors – that they are considering surrogacy. Is it true? Are surrogacy arrangements in the UK very risky, with the surrogate mother holding all...
First results from HFEA egg and sperm donation review
The HFEA has been reviewing the rules for egg and sperm donation in the UK and has announced its first set of decisions this month. The basic news so far is that little is set to change. There will be no change to the current rule allowing donors to place any...
Surrogacy law: court awards parenthood to deceased father following Indian surrogacy
The High Court has made an unprecedented order awarding parenthood to a deceased father of a baby boy born through surrogacy in India. A couple, known only as Mr and Mrs A, entered into a surrogacy arrangement and their son was born in India on 12 April 2010. The...
NGA part of BBC Radio 4 Woman’s Hour on whether the UK should allow commercial surrogacy
Natalie was interviewed on this morning’s Woman’s Hour by Jenni Murray, in a debate about whether it is time for UK law on payments for surrogacy to be updated. Responding to the comments made by High Court judge Mr Justice Hedley on last weeks’ World at One (about...
Crossing borders for surrogacy: the problems for families and policymakers – Article published in Bionews
Natalie has written a comment piece for this week's Bionews about international surrogacy and the legal complexities that arise from legal mismatches in the country of birth and the UK. Many intended parents accessing surrogacy services overseas just don't realise...
We have a new name and a new home!
We are delighted to announce that we have moved and are now nestled in beautiful offices overlooking the New Forest with fabulous countryside around us but close to the mainline station at Salisbury. We have also changed our name to Natalie Gamble Associates and are...
UK High Court warns of dangers of overseas surrogacy
The High Court this week announced its decision to award parenthood to a British couple with a child born through surrogacy in the Ukraine. The child concerned, known only as IJ, was caught in a legal black hole, with no legal parents and no nationality anywhere in...
NGA in the Telegraph – Surrogacy: the brave new world of making babies
Natalie has been quoted in today's Telegraph, as part of it's feature covering the story of Nicole Kidman having had a child through surrogacy. Asked about changing attitudes to commercial surrogacy, she said: Natalie Gamble is one of this country’s leading fertility...
NGA on the Vanessa Feltz show talking about surrogacy
Channel 5's Vanessa show today ran a featue about surrogacy. Appearing together with new mum through surrogacy Fiona, Natalie talked to Vanessa (and celebrity guest Mylene Class) about surrogacy law in the UK.The UK's leading surrogacy lawyers Find out more about how...
After the birth of Elton’s baby, can the UK deliver surrogacy reform? Comment piece by Natalie published in The Guardian
Natalie has written a comment piece published in today's Guardian. Responding to the birth of Elton John's son, through surrogacy in California, and hot on the heels of our recent High Court decision granting parenthood to a British couple who had entered into a...
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