Egg freezing: An introduction
What is egg freezing? In this article, we will consider social egg freezing, meaning egg freezing without a prior medical indication. This is a technology that has grown considerably in …
Course: Making Babies in the 21st Century
NIPT and disability
Tom Shakespeare is a writer, public speaker, and professor of Disability Research at the Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia. As a medical sociologist, he has researched and written …
What does it mean to be a parent?
Bronwyn Parry is a professor of Social Science, Health and Medicine at King’s College London and a member of the KCL/UCL Joint Bioethics Colloquium, a collaborative forum that explores inter-disciplinary …
The view of the UK regulator (HFEA)
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) is the UK’s independent regulator dedicated to licensing and monitoring fertility clinics and research involving human embryos. Established in 1991, it regulates clinics …
The legal angle on unregulated sperm donation
The regulation of sperm donation differs worldwide – some countries restrict access to heterosexual couples, for example, whilst others have no restrictions with regards to access. Regulation generally has two …
The fertility matchmaker
The online fertility industry has several websites for individuals searching for fertility options. Pride Angel is UK’s largest fertility connection site. Erika Tranfield is the Co-founder and Director, and in …
John’s experience
John has donated to clinics and via online connection sites for over a decade. Here discusses the benefits and drawbacks of being a sperm donor – but also some of …
Lorna’s story
Meet Lorna. Lorna is a lesbian woman who four years ago started looking online for someone to co-parent with. At the time, Lorna was single and she wanted to find …
A brief overview of online fertility
For those of you who are able to go online and search for fertility services, you would have seen that there are a plethora of options available. Online fertility services …
