Podcast Review: AntiSocial – Surrogacy
Surrogacy is the topic of this episode of the the BBC podcast AntiSocial. Pupil Barrister, Dr Sylvie Armstrong, reviews the episode for BioNews...
Dr Sylvie Armstrong
Pupil barrister
Dr Sylvie Armstrong is a Volunteer Writer at BioNews. She is a barrister specialising in family law at 1GC in London. She was awarded a PhD in Law from the European University Institute in Florence, Italy, where her research explored the regulation of the commercial surrogacy industry. In particular, she focused on whether it would be possible to use a labour law framework to manage these arrangements. Previously, she studied Law at the University of Cambridge, and was a visiting scholar at the University of California, Berkeley.
BioNews Articles by Dr Sylvie Armstrong
Book Review: Nuclear Family
Nuclear Family by Kate Davies is a fictional exploration of the discovery that your father is not genetically related to you. This novel is far from typical, writes Sylvie Armstrong, and touches on taboo topics, sexual identity and family…
Podcast Review: The Surrogacy Landscape Podcast – Episode three, the future
Hosted by Harriet Errington, a partner at Boodle Hatfield, this podcast discusses the challenges that UK surrogacy law currently presents – and perhaps more interestingly, how it might move forward...
Podcast Review: Biohacked Family Secrets – The birth of the sperm bank
The BioHacked: Family Secrets episode three, The Birth of the Sperm Bank, podcast starts in an unusual place: a cowshed...
Podcast Review: Surrogacy, War, and Survival in Ukraine
The story Nadene Ghouri tells offers unique insights into not only the reality of transnational surrogacy arrangements, but also how the current situation in Ukraine is affecting both citizens generally and surrogacy in particular...
Podcast Review: Gestational Carriers and the Law
Medical professionals often need to be familiar with the law. From basic consent rules to the tort of negligence, it constantly shapes their work and responsibilities. For specialists in reproductive medicine, however, staying up to date can be a challenging task…
Podcast Review: Surrogacy Abroad and in the UK
Hearing successes is, I think, just so powerful'. These are the words of Anna Buxton, a mother through surrogacy and interviewee on a Fertility Podcast episode...
Film Review: Ghosts of the République
When I tell people that commercial surrogacy is the topic of my PhD thesis, they often jump, recoil, or at the very least raise an eyebrow. The subject remains taboo and widely misunderstood...
Autism study on hold after concerns about genetic data use
A major autism study has been paused over ethical concerns...
South Africa sperm donor refused access to child
A South African court has refused a sperm donor visitation rights over the five-year-old child he helped to conceive...