Maternity leave for surrogacy will fail international surrogacy parents unless we act now – Article published in Bionews

by Natalie | Jun 6, 2014 | Surrogacy

Natalie has written a comment piece in this week’s Bionews appealing to the government to make sure that the proposed new regulations introducing a form of maternity leave for parents through surrogacy effectively include parents who have children born through...

The Brilliant Beginnings of surrogacy reform – Article published in Bionews

by Natalie | Aug 27, 2013 | Surrogacy, Surrogacy UK Law

To mark the launch of Brilliant Beginnings – the UK’s first surrogacy organisation to offer a fully-managed professional surrogacy pathway – Natalie and Helen were asked to write a comment piece for this week’s Bionews, covering how they see...

HFEA gets into gear on surrogacy – Article published in Bionews

by Natalie | May 7, 2013 | Surrogacy

Natalie has written a comment piece in this week’s Bionews about the HFEA’s decision to amend its Code of Practice to cater more explicitly for those going through treatment for surrogacy in the UK.  With a new set of surrogacy-specific consent forms, and...

Lesbian mums in dispute: fertility law, child maintenance and what makes a parent – Article published in Bionews

by Natalie | Nov 8, 2010 | Conception, LGBT Law

Natalie has written a comment piece for this week’s Bionews about a recent same-sex parenting case in the family court, in which a non-birth mother was ruled to have no financial responsibility for her child because she was not a legal parent.  Highlighting the...

Moving surrogacy law forward? The Department of Health’s consultation on parental orders – Article published in Bionews

by Natalie | Oct 27, 2009 | International Surrogacy, Surrogacy

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...