Public speaking
We are regularly asked to speak publicly about our experience of surrogacy law and ethical practice, both nationally and around the world. Highlights include speaking in the House of Lords, addressing an Irish Parliamentary Committee and speaking at an international conference in New York.
We raise awareness at LGBTQ+ diversity events and seminars for families, and we give training to fertility clinics and other professionals involved in surrogacy.
Our publications in medical and legal journals
Surrogacy needs to be regulated, not prohibited
British Medical Journal, 2024
Modern surrogacy practice and the need for reform
Journal of Medical Law and Ethics, 2016
Future directions in surrogacy law (book)
ed. Kirsty Horsey et al, N Gamble chapter on international surrogacy, Bristole University Press, 2025
Regulating reproductive donation (book)
ed. Susan Golombok et al, N Gamble chapter on UK surrogacy, Cambridge University Press, 2016
Crossing the line: the legal and ethical problems of foreign surrogacy
Reproductive Biomedicine, 2009
Our research
Working with the world-renowned Cambridge University Centre for Family Research, we co-authored the first major study to compare the experiences of UK families conceiving through surrogacy in the UK and overseas. Our research involved 203 UK families, of whom 2/3 had gone overseas for surrogacy.
The study made important findings about why UK parents are choosing UK or international surrogacy, and in understanding the experiences parents have in different surrogacy destinations.
Read the published peer-reviewed research papers
Parents’ motivations and experiences
Find out more about why parents chose to stay in the UK or go overseas for surrogacy, and how their experiences differed.
Relationships between parents and surrogates
Find out more about how close relationships were common in UK, US and Canadian surrogacy, but less so elsewhere.
Just some of the organisations we have advised:
