The 34th episode of the Progress Educational Trust podcast marks 40 years since the UK introduced dedicated legislation to govern surrogacy and explores whether this law might be updated, featuring contributions from Kim Cotton, Sarah Jones, Paul Morgan-Bentley, Professor Kirsty Horsey, Natalie Sutherland and Dr Katherine Wade.
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We would like to thank Jon Nicoll (who created the opening and closing music for our podcast), and also the British Fertility Society and CooperSurgical (which supported the event featured in the 34th episode).
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