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01
Oct
2025

Breast Cancer and BRCA Genes: The Impact on Fertility

October is breast cancer awareness month, designed to promote widespread education about one of the most common cancer diagnoses. In fact, it is the most common cancer in women, or people assigned female at birth, with around 56,000 cases diagnosed annually in the UK. Therefore, each year during October fundraising projects take place such as the ‘wear it pink’ campaign where people don pink clothing or a pink ribbon to symbolise solidarity with breast cancer patients and to raise money for cancer research.

15
Sep
2025

Blog, fertility law, Modern family law, News

World Contraception Day & Reproductive Choice

World Contraception Day takes place annually on 26 September. It was launched in 2007 as a global campaign to raise awareness about contraception and empower proactive management of sexual and reproductive health and family planning. However, access to contraception and its use are governed by a range of legal, political, religious, health and lifestyle factors and varying degrees of regulation, restrictions and uptake around the world. As such, the benefits and challenges associated with contraception raise a number of issues and create variable outcomes in practice, particularly in terms of women's bodily autonomy and ability to make informed and independent choices about their lives, health, fertility and the conception and birth of children.

10
Sep
2025

Blog, Donor conception law, fertility law, Posthumous conception law

Stand Up To Cancer Day 2025 And The Impact On Male Fertility

Stand Up To Cancer Day takes place on 12 September 2025 with the aim of raising awareness about the impact of cancer, its available treatments, and the importance of funding cancer research. This national day was launched in the UK in 2012, following the success of the US Stand Up To Cancer charity formed in 2007, and it provides a platform for real life cancer stories and fundraising for research and clinical trials. As such, 12 September provides an important opportunity to highlight the various ways cancer can affect so many of our lives: 1 in every 2 people. This includes testicular and prostate cancer and its symptoms and relevant treatment. It also includes the consequent impact on individual fertility and the importance of effective strategies for fertility preservation and family building including sperm banking, donor conception, adoption and posthumous conception.

01
Sep
2025

Blog, fertility law

Gynaecological Cancer Awareness Month 2025: The Impact on Fertility

September is Gynaecological Cancer Awareness Month, and it is designed to raise awareness about the symptoms, treatments and struggles associated with the diagnoses of five types of cancers. These are cervical, ovarian, uterine, vaginal and vulval cancer. Gynaecological cancer can be life altering, or life threatening in serious cases, and so drawing attention to the symptoms and available screening can increase the chances of an early detection. These diagnoses do not just affect women, but also anyone assigned female at birth who identifies differently, including trans men and non-binary people, as well as some intersex people who have female reproductive organs.

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