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Natalie Gamble at 10 Downing Street
Natalie was delighted to meet the Prime Minister Gordon Brown, at a reception to celebrate the contribution of the LGBT community to Britain. The event was attended by leading gay and lesbian professionals, business leaders and celebrities, and Natalie was invited in...
NGA quoted in The Observer – New surrogacy laws ease the path to parenthood for gay men
By Robin McKie, science editor, The Observer, Sunday 28 March 2010 Changes to legislation will recognise growing trend for same-sex couples to become parents, say campaigners. Gay male couples will be able to use a fast-track route to become the legal parents of...
Natalie Gamble invited to 10 Downing Street
We are delighted to report that Natalie has been invited by the Prime Minister to a reception at 10 Downing Street to celebrate the contribution of leading lesbian and gay people to Britain. The invitation to Number 10 recognises Natalie’s work as a prominent champion...
Prime Minister responds to our clients’ embryo appeal
Back in October, our clients Melanie and Robert Gladwin succeeded in winning a last minute change to the law on embryo storage, allowing them (and other prospective parents like them) to keep their precious frozen embryos. Their campaign included a petition presented...
NGA quoted in the Daily Mail on solo mothers
The Daily Mail has featured an article on solo mothers by choice, looking at single women who conceive through sperm donation in the UK. Natalie Gamble is quoted in the article, alongside leading clinicians and patient representatives, as a leading fertility law...
Department of Health consults on surrogacy law
Parents through surrogacy must apply to court for a ‘parental order’ after their child is born, making them the legal parents and extinguishing the status of their surrogate mother. Under the current law only married couples can apply, but Parliament decided last year...
NGA in the Evening Standard on the lack of maternity leave for mothers through surrogacy
The London Evening Standard has covered the lack of rights to maternity leave for mothers who have a child through surrogacy, and Natalie Gamble is quoted (read the Evening Standard article ‘Women who use surrogates in fight to claim maternity leave’). This is just...
Moving surrogacy law forward? The Department of Health’s consultation on parental orders – Article published in Bionews
Natalie has written a comment piece in this week's Bionews about the Department of Health's consulation on updates to the parental order regulations. Explaining what is in the proposed new regulations, the article looks at the parental order system as a whole and...
Two mums and a baby – Article published in Fertility Network UK magazine
We have written an article, published in Fertility Network UK magazine, summarising the new law for same-sex parents conceiving children together. Read 'Two mums and a baby: same-sex parents and the new rules on birth certificates'.The UK's leading conception lawyers...
Considering the need for a father – Article published in Reproductive Biomedicine Online
Since 1991 UK fertility clinics have had a legal duty to consider the 'need for a father' of any child who may be born as a result of treatment. In an in-depth article for Reproductive Biomedicine Online, Natalie examines the origins of that legal requirement, how it...
Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 comes into force today
Today marks an important step in English fertility law, with the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 – the first major review of UK fertility law for 19 years – coming into force. Our website has been fully updated to take account of all the changes which...
Modern surrogacy in the UK – Article published in The Review
Natalie has written a guide to the basics of surrogacy for other UK family lawyers. Published in The Review, it sets out what surrogacy is, how parents find surrogates and what the law says, as well as giving a couple of case study examples. Read the full article...
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