Nearly 70 percent of ICBs in England offer only one NHS-funded IVF cycle
Twenty-nine of the 42 integrated care boards in England offer only one cycle of NHS-funded IVF for eligible women under 40, the PET Fertility Policy Tracker shows...
Natalie Richardson
PET Legal Editor
Natalie Richardson is Legal Editor at BioNews, previously a volunteer writer having originally joined under the auspices of its writing scheme. She is a SeNSS (ESRC) funded socio-legal PhD researcher at the University of Kent and her research focuses on egg freezing for social reasons, reproductive autonomy and informed consent. Natalie originally studied law at the University of Bristol. She went on to obtain an LLM in Medical Law and Ethics (University of Manchester) and an MA in Methods of Social Research (University of Kent).
BioNews Articles by Natalie Richardson
Intended parents of child born through surrogacy submitted misleading DNA test
A UK couple submitted a DNA test result which falsely showed a genetic link between the intended father and the child in their application for a parental order...
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.
'At home' sperm donors can apply to become legal parents in Florida
The Florida Supreme Court has ruled that a donor does not automatically give up parental rights when providing sperm for 'at home' artificial insemination...
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
First global guideline for infertility from WHO
The World Health Organisation has published its first global guideline on infertility, aiming to make fertility treatment more affordable, safer and fairer for all...
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.
California couple used own surrogacy agency to have children
A couple who ran a surrogacy agency in California had 21 children, many carried by surrogates who had no idea the people running the agency were also the intended parents...
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.
Professors recognised in honours list for services to science and genetics
Professors Edith Heard, Tilli Tansey, Caroline Ogilvie and Robin Ali were all recognised in the King's Birthday Honours List, for services to science and genetics...
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.
Virginia ruling: embryos are not 'property'
A Virginia judge has concluded that frozen embryos should not be considered property for division following divorce proceedings...
Tennessee Senate passes bill to protect access to IVF
The Fertility Treatment and Contraceptive Protection Act passed unanimously in the Tennessee Senate and aims to protect access to IVF in the state...
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.
'Enormous concern' expressed by judge in commercial 'cross jurisdiction' surrogacy case
A UK judge has granted a parental order to a 'naïve' father in a commercial foreign surrogacy case...
Judge names prolific sperm donor in warning
A UK judge has publicly named a prolific sperm donor in a family law case, warning the public of the dangers of unregulated donation...