Woman wins daughter's frozen eggs appeal
A woman who is seeking to use her deceased daughter's frozen eggs to have a child has successfully appealed a ruling made against her...
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.
A woman who is seeking to use her deceased daughter's frozen eggs to have a child has successfully appealed a ruling made against her...
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