Associate professor, University of Surrey
Dr Antony Starza-Allen is a Volunteer Writer at BioNews. He was previously Legal Editor at BioNews and at the charity that publishes it. 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..
The UK Government is set to reform laws regulating human embryology and fertility treatment, and is expected to recommend allowing lesbian couples and single mothers equal access to IVF. The proposed reform was contained in the Queen's Speech, delivered last Wednesday: 'Draft proposals will be published to...
By Antony Blackburn-Starza: There's a feeling of change in relation to embryonic stem (ES) cell research in the US following the mid-term elections, which saw the Democrats capturing both the Senate and the House of Representatives from the Republicans. In the state of Missouri, where ES cell research was a...
Australian Senator Stephen Conroy and his wife may be forced to leave their home in Victoria, Australia, to escape state laws that do not recognise them as legal parents of their child, which was born to a surrogate. The Victorian Law Reform Commission said that the state's...
Australia's Senate has narrowly voted - by 34 to 32 - to approve new legislation that will overturn the current ban on the cloning of human embryos for stem cell research. The bill still needs to be passed by the House of Representatives, who will vote on the issue...
By Antony Blackburn-Starza: There is growing optimism in Australia among supporters of proposed new embryonic stem (ES) cell legislation, scheduled to be debated by the Australian Federal Parliament next week. If a bill is passed by Parliament, it will then be debated by the House of Representatives, but analysts have...
A vote will take place this week in the US state of Missouri on proposed changes the State's constitution to allow all kinds of stem cell research to take place. The Missouri Stem Cell Research and Cures Initiative - also known as Amendment 2 - will permit so-called therapeutic...
Research presented at the recent annual conference of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) suggests that couples with fertility problems pass on higher health risks to their children than do normally conceiving couples. The findings, given by Professor Mary Croughan from the University of California, US...
By Antony Blackburn-Starza: A study presented at the annual American Society of Reproductive Medicine conference, which looked into the psychological motivations of women choosing to freeze their eggs for social reasons, showed that 40 per cent were prepared to be single mothers using their frozen eggs. Study leader Alan Copperman...
The American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) and the US Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology (SART) have issued new guidelines limiting embryo transfer during IVF procedures to reduce the occurrence of multiple births. Announced at the annual ASRM meeting, held in New Orleans last week, the revised...
New legislation supporting assisted conception, including surrogacy, for infertile couples will be considered by the Japanese government. Although not a crime, surrogacy is currently prohibited by the Society of Obstetrics and Gynaecology in Japan after concerns over safety, custody battles and distress caused during the process were...
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