A Legal History of Surrogacy
Birth using a surrogate is not illegal in the UK. Surrogates are often used in the process of egg and sperm donation for IVF. However any private surrogacy arrangements must not involve payment. 1985 The Surrogacy Arrangements Act 1985 made it illegal to ...
A Brief Legal History of Surrogacy
Pre-2004 there was no legislation governing surrogacy and this area was unregulated. Surrogacy arrangements often involved payment. However the passing of the Assisted Human Reproduction Act changed this. April 2004 – The Assisted Human Reproduction Act is passed. The Act does not ban surrogacy ...
Obtaining Adoption Information
The Adoption and Children Act 2002 introduces new provisions regarding the information that must be kept by: a) Adoption agencies in relation to a person's adoption. b) Information that adoption agencies must disclose to adopted adults on request. ('Protected information') c) Information that courts must release to adopted adults on request. d) Information that adoption agencies may release to ...
Surrogacy Q & A
I am looking for a surrogate. Can I advertise in my local paper or on the internet? No. In the UK it is illegal to advertise for or to be a surrogate. The law does not however extend to websites abroad (although ...
A Brief History of IVF
The Semen Regulations (The Processing and Distribution of Semen for Assisted Conception Regulations) 1996 – set out the necessary stringent tests which must be performed on semen before the donated sperm can be used in AHR procedures. It does not however apply to self-insemination procedures. Donors will usually be anonymous but ...
More Recent Articles
- A Brief Legal History of Sperm Donation
reet
572 days ago at 16:29
- Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 (Surrogacy)
reet
356 days ago at 21:37
- The Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Quality and Safety) Regulations 2007
reet
646 days ago at 19:07
- A Legal History of IVF
reet
647 days ago at 20:33
- The Adoption and Children Act 2002
keyboardsleeper
652 days ago at 21:54
- Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008
reet
646 days ago at 18:31
- Those Who Can Apply To Adopt
keyboardsleeper
652 days ago at 22:02
- Adoption Agencies
keyboardsleeper
652 days ago at 21:41
- Legal FAQS (IVF)
reet
356 days ago at 22:56
- Overseas Adoption
keyboardsleeper
652 days ago at 21:36