High Court sets out framework for international surrogacy
The High Court of England and Wales has clarified how judges should approach granting parental orders in international surrogacy cases...
Blair Sowry
Blair Sowry is a Volunteer Writer at BioNews. He has been working as an embryologist in the UK for nine years, following working in New Zealand for two years and completing his training. Blair has now decided on a career change to the legal profession and recently completed a Graduate Diploma of Law.
BioNews Articles by Blair Sowry
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.
Court rules son of Marquess can inherit, despite surrogate birth
The High Court of England and Wales approved the Marquess of Bath's son, who was born via surrogacy, as a potential beneficiary of the family trusts...
Court rules that sperm donor cannot be named father on birth certificate
A prolific sperm donor has been denied a declaration of parentage for a child conceived using his sperm...
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.
High Court allows patients to keep frozen embryos, eggs and sperm
The High Court of England and Wales has ruled that several patients' gametes and embryos cannot be destroyed after errors resulted in consent to storage expiring...
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.
Court to decide 'legitimacy' of surrogate-born child in inheritance case
The Marquess of Bath is supporting a court application to ensure inheritance rights for his son born via surrogacy...
Couple sue Florida clinic after alleged embryo mix-up
A couple is suing a Florida fertility clinic after discovering their baby born following IVF was not genetically related to either of them...
Parliamentary committee investigates egg donation and egg freezing
The Women and Equalities Committee of the UK Parliament's House of Commons has launched an inquiry into egg donation and freezing...
Some donor information held by the HFEA is incorrect
A man conceived via sperm donation was provided with incorrect details of the donor by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority...
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.
New Zealand government urged to stop insurers using genetic test results
Health advocates in New Zealand are lobbying the Government to ban insurance companies from considering genetic test results when offering cover...
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.
MP aims to bring online fertility services under HFEA
The UK parliament has heard a proposal to extend the fertility regulator's powers to include regulation of online service providers...