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Jun
2011
Jun
2011
International Surrogacy: Ukrainian legal changes afoot?
It is understood that draft legislation has recently been introduced into the Ukrainian parliament.
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17
Jun
2011
Jun
2011
International surrogacy “hot-spots”: USA, Ukraine and India
The desire to have a family should never be underestimated and more people than ever before are turning to fertility treatment and more people than ever before are turning to fertility treatment, donor gametes, IVF and surrogacy to achieve their goal.
14
Jun
2011
Jun
2011
International surrogacy: should there be global regulation?
Surrogacy has become an increasingly popular family building option on a global scale in recent years. Unlike adoption and private international children law, there is no international harmonisation of surrogacy law.
12
Jun
2011
Jun
2011
IVF doctor knighted
IVF pioneer and Nobel prize winner, Robert Edwards, is to be knighted in this year's Queen's Birthday Honours.
06
Jun
2011
Jun
2011
Donor conception law and policy
‘Octomom’ doctor’s licence to be revoked. The Medical Board of California ruled that the fertility doctor who transferred 12 embryos to a woman who gave birth to octuplets in California in January 2009 earning her the nickname 'octomum' should have his medical licence revoked from 1 July 2011.
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May
2011
May
2011
Infertility, fertility law and treatment: how big a problem is it in the UK?
Infertility is estimated to affect one in six couples in the UK (about 3.5 million people) at any one point.
24
May
2011
May
2011
Fertility Law: multiple IVF birth numbers continue to fall in the UK
The latest figures released by the HFEA show that the numbers of multiple births following IVF continue to fall in the UK.
20
May
2011
May
2011
High Court Judge gives interview on international commercial surrogacy
Mr Justice Hedley, gives a rare interview to the BBC highlighting the legal difficulties international surrogacy creates.
11
May
2011
May
2011
International surrogacy: payments, policy and the media
An article entitled "International Surrogacy: Payment, Public Policy and Media Hype" which I co-authored published by Family Law in May 2011.
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Jan
2010
Jan
2010
Welcome to Louisa Ghevaert’s website
Louisa Ghevaert is internationally recognised as a leading expert in UK fertility, family and parenting law with expertise covering: international surrogacy and UK surrogacy, donor conception, co-parenting, embryo storage and testing, legal parentage, posthumous conception, children and parenting and international family law.
