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A court in Israel has rejected a lesbian couple's request to undergo a surrogacy procedure in the country....
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In this episode of Radio 4's Inside the Ethics Committee, we hear about Rachel's strong desire for her children to be tested for an inherited disease, Li-Fraumeni syndrome...
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The 'Brilliant Beginnings' of surrogacy reform in the UK
by Natalie Gamble and 1 others
The landscape for opportunities to bring up a family through surrogacy and egg donation in the UK has changed - though not as fast as it has internationally. We live in a globalised world in which commercial surrogacy is a reality...