Exporting embryos and gametes from the UK: practicalities and the law

by Robyn | Dec 22, 2023 | Conception, Embryos and Donation Storage, Surrogacy

Here is a brief guide to what you need to know if you are considering exporting your frozen gametes (sperm or eggs) or embryos from the UK to overseas. Why might I decide to move my eggs, sperm or embryos from the UK to another country? There are a variety of possible...

NGA Law quoted in GLAMOUR – How single women are choosing to become mothers on their own, or not at all

by Alejandra | Nov 20, 2023 | Conception

NGA has been quoted in a piece in GLAMOUR about how more women are choosing to become mothers with the help of sperm donors and fertility treatments. The piece highlights how this increasingly popular movement has ultimately redefined the narrative around single...

High Court affirms legal parenthood without a court hearing – new reported NGA Law

by Robyn | Nov 1, 2023 | Conception

NGA Law has secured a judgment from the High Court affirming the legal parenthood of a father through donor conception at a licensed UK fertility clinic. Mrs Justice Theis ruled that the father was his child’s legal father notwithstanding a missing legal parenthood...

Fertility Network UK to run 6-week course on LGBTQ+ Pathways to Parenthood

by Olivia Chan | Aug 4, 2023 | Conception, Embryos and Donation Storage, LGBT Law, LGBT Surrogacy, Surrogacy, Surrogacy UK Law

NGA Law is delighted to be part of an educational course being run for intended LGBT+ parents by national fertility charity Fertility Network UK. Run online on Thursday evenings in August and September, the course offers free digital access to expert opinion and...

What happens when fertility clinics get legal parenthood wrong?

by Franklyn | Mar 23, 2018 | Conception

If you are an unmarried couple conceiving with donor sperm at a fertility clinic in the UK, then you rely on your clinic both to provide good medical care and to ensure you will both become the legal parents of your child. The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act...