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Louisa Ghevaert is a widely published author on fertility, surrogacy, genomics and modern family law issues in published books, magazines, leading legal publications and the media.

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Jan
2019

Woman sues NHS to pay for four surrogate babies after blunder left her infertile

Article in the Mirror on 27 January 2019. Louisa Ghevaert provided expert witness legal evidence in the case on family building, fertility, donor conception and surrogacy law after woman left infertile after NHS missed cancer in smear tests and biopsies.

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Jan
2019

The Mail Online

NHS launches ditch first stop women left infertile having four surrogate babies (27 January 2019) (Louisa Ghevaert gave expert evidence in the case)

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Jan
2019

The Times

‘I want NHS to pay for four surrogate babies’ (27 January 2019) (Louisa Ghevaert gave expert evidence in the case)

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Dec
2018

Woman left infertile after NHS failed to detect cancer for four years awarded £580k to cover surrogacy costs

Article in The Telegraph on 19 December 2018. Louisa Ghevaert provided expert witness legal evidence in the case on family building, fertility, donor conception and surrogacy law after woman left infertile after NHS failure to detect cancer in smear tests and biopsies.

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Nov
2018

Couple who spent £20,000 on IVF treatment before shelling out another £7,000 on ‘add-ons to boost their chances of a baby’ become first in the UK to sue over the ‘worthless and unproven extras’

Article in the Mail Online on 10 November 2018 featuring Louisa Ghevaert highlighting concerns about the use of IVF ‘add-ons’ without proven benefits.

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Sep
2018

Was it legal to create a grandson with a dead man’s sperm?

Article in The Times on 13 September 2018 by Louisa Ghevaert about the legalities of posthumous conception.

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Sep
2018

Rachael Bland’s fight to preserve her fertility is a battle fought by many modern women

by Louisa Ghevaert Female First (7 September 2018).

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Sep
2018

The significance of fertility: A landmark ruling on posthumous conception

by Louisa Ghevaert, BioNews (3 September 2018).

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Aug
2018

Anything but child’s play: surrogacy and thorny issues of identity, parenthood and status in modern families (29 August 2018)

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Aug
2018

Family Law Week

Posthumous conception: a legacy in life, incapacity and death (20 August 2018) (Louisa Ghevaert gave expert evidence in the case)

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Jul
2018

Dying man with brain injury has sperm extracted in bid to allow wife to become pregnant

Article in The Independent on 13 July 2018. Louisa Ghevaert was part of the wife’s legal team that secured a milestone legal ruling from the Court of Protection for the harvesting and posthumous storage and use of a dying man’s sperm in fertility treatment.

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Jul
2018

Sperm is extracted from brain-damaged dying man so wife can try to conceive after judge rules ‘he would have wanted it to happen’

Article on the Mail Online on 13 July 2018. Louisa Ghevaert was part of the wife’s legal team that secured this first-of-it’s kind legal ruling from the Court of Protection for the harvesting and posthumous storage and use of a dying man’s sperm in fertility treatment.

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Woman sues NHS to pay for four surrogate babies after blunder left her infertile

The Mail Online

The Times

Woman left infertile after NHS failed to detect cancer for four years awarded £580k to cover surrogacy costs

Couple who spent £20,000 on IVF treatment before shelling out another £7,000 on ‘add-ons to boost their chances of a baby’ become first in the UK to sue over the ‘worthless and unproven extras’

Was it legal to create a grandson with a dead man’s sperm?

Rachael Bland’s fight to preserve her fertility is a battle fought by many modern women

The significance of fertility: A landmark ruling on posthumous conception

Anything but child’s play: surrogacy and thorny issues of identity, parenthood and status in modern families (29 August 2018)

Family Law Week

Dying man with brain injury has sperm extracted in bid to allow wife to become pregnant

Sperm is extracted from brain-damaged dying man so wife can try to conceive after judge rules ‘he would have wanted it to happen’

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