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FZ v MZ [2025] EWHC 3338 (Fam): Transgender Legal Parentage & Birth Registration Dispute

The case of FZ v MZ [2025} EWHC 3338 (Fam) brings into focus legal difficulties encountered by a transgender man with a Gender Recognition Certificate in obtaining legal parenthood and birth registration for two children in England and Wales. It tested the law for the first time on whether he could be lawfully registered as father on his second child’s birth certificate following his wife’s privately arranged artificial conception with donor sperm outside of a licensed UK fertility clinic. It also necessitated a claim for Judicial Review to quash his incorrect registration on his first child’s birth certificate, there being no statutory power to enable the Registrar General to register afresh without leaving the initial registration manually struck through on the register of births and deaths. Louisa Ghevaert Associates acted for the Applicant in this case.
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Preimplantation Embryo Gene Editing: Is This A Step Forward?

There have been recent news reports that a US startup has raised tens of millions of dollars to fund research into preimplantation embryo gene editing to prevent serious hereditary genetic diseases. This startup from San Francisco, called Preventive, has the backing of giants in technology like Sam Altman (CEO of OpenAI) and Brian Armstrong (CEO of cryptocurrency platform Coinbase). However, pushing the boundaries of human reproduction through preimplantation embryo gene editing has serious ramifications. It is not as simple as saying this technology, responsibly and safely applied, could cure hereditary genetic diseases and enable people to live longer and healthier lives.
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National Fertility Awareness Week 2025

Held annually since 2013, National Fertility Awareness Week was founded by the charity Fertility Network UK to raise awareness of those struggling with fertility issues. This year, National Fertility Awareness Week will be held from 3 - 7 November, and the theme is “Every Voice, Every Journey”, which seeks to highlight the voices and experiences of those 3.5 million people in the UK who are struggling with fertility issues.  Given the traumatic effect infertility can have on an individual and/or couple, it is important to maximise reproductive choice and make informed decisions about family building, fertility treatment and alternative pathways to parenthood which includes IVF, Surrogacy or Sperm/Egg Donation. 
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National Adoption Week 2025

National Adoption Week has taken place in the UK since 1997 and this year it runs from 20 - 26 October 2025. Its purpose is to promote and raise awareness about different pathways to parenthood through adoption. It also seeks to highlight the positive benefits of adoption for children, families and society and show how adoption can improve the lives of children and those who adopt them. Adoption is used in a variety of situations, from an individual or couple choosing to adopt through an agency to a step-parent adopting their partner’s child, to a non-birth parent obtaining parental status and rights after a child’s birth via assisted conception.
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