We are delighted to announce that Natalie Gamble and Louisa Ghevaert of Gamble and Ghevaert LLP have agreed to support the Pride Angel community, giving legal information and online support to our members.
Natalie and Louisa are pioneers of fertility law in the UK and the founding partners of Gamble and Ghevaert LLP, the first and only law firm in the UK to specialise in fertility and parenting law. Gamble and Ghevaert is widely recognised as having the UK’s leading legal expertise on donor conception, co-parenting, surrogacy and fertility treatment, and we are delighted that Natalie and Louisa have agreed to contribute to Pride Angel.
Natalie Gamble, widely known as Britain’s leading fertility lawyer, was a prominent commentator on the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 and a passionate champion of legal rights for same sex parents conceiving together. Her work won her a nomination by Stonewall as their Hero of the Year in 2008, and she has been recently heralded by lesbian magazine Diva as one of the UK’s 50 most powerful gay women.
Louisa Ghevaert is internationally recognised as a leading expert in UK fertility law, including same sex parenting, donor conception, co-parenting and international surrogacy. She is involved in national policymaking, writes for leading journals, and was recently invited to be a leading international speaker at the American Bar Association’s continental conference in Montreal.
“Increasing public knowledge and understanding of fertility and parenting law issues is all part of our passion for our subject” say Natalie and Louisa. “The law can be incredibly complex and fast-moving and it is important for anyone starting a family in more unusual circumstances to get to grips with the legal side of things. We are committed to helping people to become families, and to helping them avoid legal difficulties and complications wherever possible. Making good quality information freely available is all part of that goal.”
Pride Angel has today launched new Fertility Law pages, with up to date information (written by Gamble and Ghevaert LLP) on the law for donor recipients, co-parents and donors, and with links to other useful sources of information.
Natalie and Louisa have also kindly agreed to answer questions posted by Pride Angel members on our online forum, so please do feel free to start posting your legal questions.
For more information about Natalie, Louisa or Gamble and Ghevaert, visit Gamble and Ghevaert’s website, which also contains a wealth of resources on fertility and parenting law.
Sunday 27 December 2009
Tuesday 22 December 2009
Sperm Race Game
Have you ever thought about how difficult it is to become pregnant?
Ever wondered why sometimes you can fall pregnant and other times not!
Its not easy for the sperm to reach the egg, a womans natural defences try to kill the sperm along every step of its short life span.
Check out Pride Angel Sperm Race game to understand the obstacles sperm face, challenge your friends see if they can get to the end? Its not easy!
Click on the link below -
http://www.prideangel.com/p90/about-us/Sperm-Race-Game.aspx
Or Go to
www.prideangel.comClick
on the about us section
Click on the sperm race game
Light hearted fun with an eduactional twist!
Pride Angel
Ever wondered why sometimes you can fall pregnant and other times not!
Its not easy for the sperm to reach the egg, a womans natural defences try to kill the sperm along every step of its short life span.
Check out Pride Angel Sperm Race game to understand the obstacles sperm face, challenge your friends see if they can get to the end? Its not easy!
Click on the link below -
http://www.prideangel.com/p90/about-us/Sperm-Race-Game.aspx
Or Go to
www.prideangel.comClick
on the about us section
Click on the sperm race game
Light hearted fun with an eduactional twist!
Pride Angel
Friday 18 December 2009
Pride Angel Sperm Race Game
Pride Angel http://www.prideangel.com has a NEW Sperm Race Game, check it out!
Wriggle your sperm up the fallopian tubes in record time to be sucessful.Challenge your friends, its not easy.
Click on the link below
http://www.prideangel.com/p90/about-us/Sperm-Race-Game.aspx
Wriggle your sperm up the fallopian tubes in record time to be sucessful.Challenge your friends, its not easy.
Click on the link below
http://www.prideangel.com/p90/about-us/Sperm-Race-Game.aspx
Wednesday 16 December 2009
Pride Angel Launch
A brand new worldwide donor connection website has launched. Pride Angel is the first website of its kind to aim towards the gay and lesbian community and was founded by a lesbian couple who have first-hand experience of known donor conception.
The creators of this social networking connection site, forum and blog are also professional scientists who are committed to giving their users all the necessary health screening advice and legal contacts needed.
"Many women wish to meet the sperm donor to find out a little more about their personality and characteristics. Some women are also looking for donors who would like to have occasional contact with the child like an 'uncle figure' in their lives, without the parental or financial responsibility. Gay and lesbian couples are also increasingly considering shared co-parenting arrangements. 'We believe that whatever the level of contact, it is beneficial to the child to know of the donor's identity, this openness from the beginning often leads to more contented and well balanced children and eventually adults," said Erika, the founder of Pride Angel.
The Pride Angel connection website is a professional user-friendly site with many unique features. It allows members to add their own personal profile as a sperm donor, egg donor, co-parent or recipient, and complete an optional on-line health questionnaire. Members communicate safely through an internal messaging system by means of message credits. Users can search the site by a quick or advanced search facility enabling users to narrow down searches by choosing a preferable characteristic such as eye colour or hair colour. The site has advanced functionality to prevent donors over-contacting recipients along with email reminders of the live birth donor law within the UK. The site is also constantly monitored to ensure all members are genuine.
Due to recent law changes and the introduction of the new parenting law, lesbian couples can now both be named on the birth certificate and take equal parental responsibility. This law also means that lesbian couples in civil partnerships can use known donors and be treated using IUI (inter-uterine insemination) rather than IVF. This new law allows men to donate sperm to a couple of their choice without the worry of being held financially responsible. Gay men also have the option of having definite contact with the child if agreed between everyone involved, through legal contact orders. There are now many legal options to suit different family situations, depending on who donors donate sperm to and what level of contact with the child they wish to have.
Members are advised to use HFEA regulated fertility clinics for treatment and to gain all the right legal advice regarding setting up written donor or co-parenting agreements from fertility law specialists.
JOIN NOW FOR FREE www.prideangel.com
The creators of this social networking connection site, forum and blog are also professional scientists who are committed to giving their users all the necessary health screening advice and legal contacts needed.
"Many women wish to meet the sperm donor to find out a little more about their personality and characteristics. Some women are also looking for donors who would like to have occasional contact with the child like an 'uncle figure' in their lives, without the parental or financial responsibility. Gay and lesbian couples are also increasingly considering shared co-parenting arrangements. 'We believe that whatever the level of contact, it is beneficial to the child to know of the donor's identity, this openness from the beginning often leads to more contented and well balanced children and eventually adults," said Erika, the founder of Pride Angel.
The Pride Angel connection website is a professional user-friendly site with many unique features. It allows members to add their own personal profile as a sperm donor, egg donor, co-parent or recipient, and complete an optional on-line health questionnaire. Members communicate safely through an internal messaging system by means of message credits. Users can search the site by a quick or advanced search facility enabling users to narrow down searches by choosing a preferable characteristic such as eye colour or hair colour. The site has advanced functionality to prevent donors over-contacting recipients along with email reminders of the live birth donor law within the UK. The site is also constantly monitored to ensure all members are genuine.
Due to recent law changes and the introduction of the new parenting law, lesbian couples can now both be named on the birth certificate and take equal parental responsibility. This law also means that lesbian couples in civil partnerships can use known donors and be treated using IUI (inter-uterine insemination) rather than IVF. This new law allows men to donate sperm to a couple of their choice without the worry of being held financially responsible. Gay men also have the option of having definite contact with the child if agreed between everyone involved, through legal contact orders. There are now many legal options to suit different family situations, depending on who donors donate sperm to and what level of contact with the child they wish to have.
Members are advised to use HFEA regulated fertility clinics for treatment and to gain all the right legal advice regarding setting up written donor or co-parenting agreements from fertility law specialists.
JOIN NOW FOR FREE www.prideangel.com
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