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...
Surrogacy in the USA
Congratulations to Elton John and David Furnish
Many congratulations to Elton John and David Furnish on the arrival of their son Zachary, born through a surrogacy arrangement in California on Christmas Day. Important changes to the law were passed in 2008 giving equal treatment to same sex parents who conceive a...
Landmark NGA international surrogacy case – legal parenthood should not be denied because of commercial surrogacy
NGA Law has won a legal parenthood order for British parents who conceived a baby through a commercial surrogacy arrangement entered into lawfully in Illinois, USA. The judge (Mr Justice Hedley), sitting in the High Court Family Division, has ruled that the child’s...
NGA case featured in The Guardian – Couples who pay surrogate mothers could lose right to raise the child
By Denis Campbell, health correspondent. Published in the Guardian, Monday 5 April 2010 Childless couples who acquire a baby using a surrogate mother abroad risk not being recognised as its parents in Britain if they flout British law by paying fees, fertility lawyers...