Blog posts from February 2011

Surrogacy law in the UK - Is change overdue?

09 February, 2011

International and UK regulations have simply not kept up with the reality of surrogacy.Determining parenthood is a complex business. When paternity tests revealed that the child Stephen Quinn had raised as his own was in fact the biological offspr...

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Fertility World Show - Olympia London 15-16 April 2011

07 February, 2011

The first 'Fertility World Show' will be held at Olympia in London 15-16 April and is supported by Fertility Road the first and only Lifestyle Magazine aimed at helping women and men on their path to parenthood.If you are planning to start...

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Gay and lesbian parenting more accepted, shows new research

05 February, 2011

New research shows that over half of the british public now think that gay and lesbian parents can be as equally good parents as straight couples.A survey commisioned by the charity, Barnardo’s, shows that 57% of people who under took the re...

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Thirty years of IVF fertility treatment

03 February, 2011

The birth of the world's test tube baby heralded a new era of fertility treatment, and thirty years on 12,000 IVF babies are born every year in Britain alone.The development of In Vitro Fertilisation, or IVF as it is commonly known, meant doct...

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Women should be given more information about fertility

01 February, 2011

A recent review paper emphasises the need for improved provision of fertility information, especially regarding age-associated risks, as the trend for women having children later in life continues.Dr David Utting, Specialty Registrar in Obstetrics...

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