In-Person Event: US Surrogacy – Meet the Experts, 26 April 2023
Meet some of the top US surrogacy experts, including UK experts from Brilliant Beginnings and NGA Law, and leading professionals visiting in person from the US.
Surrogate Manager Tracey tells her story to Stylist magazine – February 2023
Tracey spoke to Stylist about being a surrogate, telling her personal story and reflecting on her work as our Surrogate Manager at Brilliant Beginnings.
Free In-Person Event: US Surrogacy For LGBTQ+ Intended Parents – 17th November 2022
We are hosting a free in-person event on US surrogacy for LGBTQ+ intended parents, it will cover the steps and practicalities for your journey.
Meet the team: Alejandra Rodrigues Ramones, legal team
Alejandra is part of the legal team at Brilliant Beginnings, and an assistant paralegal at NGA Law. She shares her story in this blog.
Meet the team: Robyn Jones, legal team
Robyn is part of the legal team at Brilliant Beginnings, and a paralegal at NGA Law. In her blog she shares how she came to work for us.
Free In-Person Event: US Surrogacy – 15th September 2022
We are hosting a free event on US surrogacy, the costs for UK intended parents, and explore a realistic surrogacy timeline.
The Surrogates (BBC) – UK surrogacy on our TV screens
We were pleased to see the BBC documentary ‘The Surrogates’ on our televisions this week. It followed five women in the UK on their surrogacy journeys.
How to choose your surrogacy professionals
Understanding the surrogacy support providers available to you will make finding the best advice for your journey easier. Here’s what you need to know.
Why international surrogacy shouldn’t be ignored: Natalie writes for Bionews
Natalie has written a piece for leading bioethics publication Bionews, about why international surrogacy should not be ignored.
HFEA to clarify guidance on exporting eggs, sperm and embryos for international surrogacy
We are pleased to report that the UK’s fertility regulator, the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA), is set to clarify its guidance on exporting eggs, sperm and embryos for surrogacy.
Can you start a surrogacy journey in the US or Canada during COVID-19?
Surrogacy is continuing during the pandemic. We look at how processes have adapted for surrogacy in the US and Canada for UK intended parents.
Surrogate explains colostrum harvesting and expressing milk
Surrogate Manager Tracey talks through colostrum harvesting and her experience with expressing for her intended parents as their surrogate.
The Brilliant Beginnings 2018 surrogates’ retreat
Enabling surrogacy in the UK is at the core of what we do at Brilliant Beginnings and NGA Law and in doing that we also work alongside professional organisations in the US and Canada.
National Surrogacy Week 1st – 7th August
We are delighted to announce that Brilliant Beginnings is involved with the very first National Surrogacy Week, alongside Surrogacy UK, independent surrogacy groups and other surrogacy professionals.
Brilliant Beginnings event on surrogacy in the USA, the Shard, London, May 2018
Do you want to find out more about US surrogacy from some of the UK and US’s leading professionals?
Brilliant Beginnings seminar for single parents, February 2018
Many of you joined us on Tuesday to explore the legal and practical aspects of a surrogacy arrangement for single parents.
The Fertility Show 2016, as part of National Fertility Awareness Week
Do you know the #HiddenFaces of fertility? It’s just two weeks till National Fertility Awareness Week 31 Oct – 6 Nov 2016, when Fertility Network UK is revealing the true picture of fertility struggles – fertility’s #HiddenFaces.
Surrogacy law reform conference, London, June 2016
Last month, Helen and Natalie represented both Brilliant Beginnings and Natalie Gamble Associates at a conference organised by Kent University on UK surrogacy law reform.
Brilliant Beginnings’ groundbreaking work featured in the Times
The Times has written a full page feature about the work our team is doing through Brilliant Beginnings, and our sister organisation Natalie Gamble Associates, to build an ‘ethically robust and safe’ model for surrogacy in the UK and to campaign for more supportive surrogacy law.
Natalie is interviewed by BBC Radio 4 Woman’s Hour about the past and future of UK surrogacy
January 2015 is a special month for UK surrogacy: it’s the 30th anniversary of the birth of baby Cotton, the first UK surrogacy baby, whose birth triggered the hasty passing of the UK’s laws on surrogacy.
Brilliant Beginnings talks to BBC radio about safe surrogacy in the UK
Brilliant Beginnings is calling for changes to UK surrogacy law, after a fake surrogate in Devon was jailed for three years for defrauding hopeful parents of thousands of pounds by pretending to be pregnant.
Helen in the Independent: British surrogacy law needs to be brought up to date
Helen has been interviewed for a feature in The Independent about intended parents going abroad for surrogacy.
Our surrogacy campaign on BBC Radio 4 Woman’s Hour
Natalie was interviewed by BBC Radio 4 Woman’s Hour’s Jenni Murray on Friday, in a discussion about the new maternity rights for surrogacy, and why there is more to be done to bring UK surrogacy law up to date.
Out in the City talks to Helen about helping gay dads find surrogates in the UK and abroad
Out in the City’s December/January issue features a Q&A on how Brilliant Beginnings was set up and how we help gay dads have families through surrogacy.
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Possible legal change in India
Surrogacy has hit the headlines again, with India on the verge of prohibiting foreign couples from engaging in surrogacy there.
Help us change UK law on surrogacy – act now
Following Jessica Lee MP’s Parliamentary call for surrogacy reform, the Minister for Public Health (Jane Ellison MP) has said the government will consider in early January whether UK surrogacy law should be reviewed.
Brilliant Beginnings prompts Parliamentary debate about surrogacy law reform
Jessica Lee MP led a Westminster Hall debate in Parliament yesterday about the need for surrogacy reform. Helen and Natalie (who have been briefing and supporting her) were delighted to be there.
New maternity leave rules risk excluding parents through surrogacy abroad
Natalie has written a comment piece for this week’s Bionews urging the government to ensure that the new maternity leave rules will benefit parents through international as well as UK surrogacy.
Helen in the Independent: British surrogacy law needs to be brought up to date
Helen has been interviewed for a feature in The Independent about intended parents going abroad for surrogacy.
Our surrogacy campaign on BBC Radio 4 Woman’s Hour
Natalie was interviewed by BBC Radio 4 Woman’s Hour’s Jenni Murray on Friday, in a discussion about the new maternity rights for surrogacy, and why there is more to be done to bring UK surrogacy law up to date.
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