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PETAbout UsPeopleDr Antony Starza-Allen

Dr Antony Starza-Allen

Antony Starza-Allen is a Volunteer Writer at BioNews. He was previously Legal Editor at BioNews and at the charity that publishes it, the Progress Educational Trust (PET). He obtained a PhD at at the University of Kent's Law School, where his research focused on new forms of actionable harm arising from mishaps in assisted conception, and where he taught Obligations. He is also a Member of Lincoln's Inn. He originally studied Law at the London School of Economics and Political Science, went on to obtain an MA in Medical Law and Ethics at Queen Mary University of London, and completed the the Bar Professional Training Course at City University London's Law School. His BioNews article 'UK lags behind the rest of Europe in IVF' is reproduced in Reproductive Ethics (buy this book from Amazon UK). He has a particular interest in medical ethics, patents and socio-legal approaches to new medical technologies.

BioNews Articles by Dr Antony Starza-Allen

Image by K Hardy via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human embryo at the blastocyst stage (about six days after fertilisation) 'hatching' out of the zona pellucida.
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Image by K Hardy via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human embryo at the blastocyst stage (about six days after fertilisation) 'hatching' out of the zona pellucida.
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13 June 2022 • 5 minutes read

Fertility Frontiers: What Is a 'Permitted' Embryo in Law?

by Dr Antony Starza-Allen

The question of what is a 'permitted embryo' under the legislation governing assisted reproduction in the UK has received increasing scrutiny as technological progress challenges the concept of embryohood...

Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
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Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
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10 December 2021 • 6 minutes read

Fertility Across Jurisdictions: International Perspectives

by Dr Antony Starza-Allen

The European regulation of assisted reproductive technologies has troubled policymakers since people started travelling abroad for fertility treatment. The second session of the Progress Educational Trust's annual conference addressed this regulatory challenge with a discussion of highly topical and contentious subjects…

Image by Dr Christina Weis. © Christina Weis
Image by Dr Christina Weis. © Christina Weis
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10 May 2019 • 2 minutes read

Italy will not recognise intended parent of surrogate-born child, court rules

by Dr Antony Starza-Allen

Italy's highest court has ruled that the non-biological father of two children born through surrogacy overseas cannot be named as the children's legal parent...

Image by Dr Christina Weis. © Christina Weis
Image by Dr Christina Weis. © Christina Weis
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8 April 2019 • 5 minutes read

How can we make surrogacy law deliver?

by Dr Antony Starza-Allen

After many years of debate, surrogacy law reform is finally on the move. The Law Commissions of England and Wales, and that of Scotland, are now jointly evaluating areas of surrogacy law that have been identified as needing reform, with a view to making r

Image by Bill Sanderson via the Wellcome Collection, © Wellcome Trust Ltd 1990. Depicts Laocoön and his family (from Greek and Roman mythology) entwined in coils of DNA.
Image by Bill Sanderson via the Wellcome Collection, © Wellcome Trust Ltd 1990. Depicts Laocoön and his family entwined in coils of DNA (based on the figure of Laocoön from Greek and Roman mythology).
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8 March 2019 • 1 minute read

Australia's Attorney-General argues sperm donor's case as parent

by Dr Antony Starza-Allen

The Australian High Court has heard a case concerning the legal parentage of a child born following sperm donation...

Image by Peter Artymiuk via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts the shadow of a DNA double helix, on a background that shows the fluorescent banding of the output from a DNA sequencing machine.
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Image by Peter Artymiuk via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts the shadow of a DNA double helix, on a background that shows the fluorescent banding of the sequencing output from an automated DNA sequencing machine.
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5 October 2018 • 1 minute read

Japan prepares to allow genome editing in human embryos

by Dr Antony Starza-Allen

Japan has introduced draft guidelines on genome editing that would permit the use of the approach, including CRISPR/Cas9, in human embryos for research purposes...

Image by Dr Christina Weis. © Christina Weis
Image by Dr Christina Weis. © Christina Weis
News
24 August 2018 • 2 minutes read

US surrogate sues agency over taking genetic son

by Dr Antony Starza-Allen

A US woman who gave birth to her own child while acting as a surrogate for another couple is reportedly suing the surrogacy agency involved for damages...

Image by Dr Christina Weis. © Christina Weis
Image by Dr Christina Weis. © Christina Weis
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4 May 2018 • 2 minutes read

'Outdated and inadequate' UK surrogacy laws set for reform

by Dr Antony Starza-Allen

The Law Commission of England and Wales and the Scottish Law Commission, have announced that they will review the law around surrogacy and make recommendations for reform...

Image by Bill Sanderson via the Wellcome Collection, © Wellcome Trust Ltd 1990. Depicts Laocoön and his family (from Greek and Roman mythology) entwined in coils of DNA.
Image by Bill Sanderson via the Wellcome Collection, © Wellcome Trust Ltd 1990. Depicts Laocoön and his family entwined in coils of DNA (based on the figure of Laocoön from Greek and Roman mythology).
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6 April 2018 • 2 minutes read

Woman in same-sex couple wins parental rights after divorce

by Dr Antony Starza-Allen

The Mississippi Supreme Court has overturned a ruling that an anonymous sperm donor has parental rights over a child born to a lesbian couple, upholding the legal parenthood of the non-biological mother...

Image by Dr Christina Weis. © Christina Weis
Image by Dr Christina Weis. © Christina Weis
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26 February 2018 • 2 minutes read

'Baby-factory' father wins custody of 13 children born via surrogacy

by Dr Antony Starza-Allen

A court in Thailand has awarded a Japanese man paternity rights over 13 children born through surrogacy, meaning that can now apply for custody of them...

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