Surrogacy concern

On 29 May our founder was quoted in the Daily Mail, in response to a rise in the number of older people commissioning babies from surrogate mothers. You can read the article here. This follows last week’s distressing news that a 72 year old British couple have been awarded a parental order for a 14… Continue reading

On Wednesday 28 May our founder, Helen Gibson, was interviewed on BBC Radio 4’s programme, The World Tonight, by Shaun Ley. Speaking about the decision to grant a parental order for a surrogate-born US baby to a 72 year old British couple, our concerns about this case, and surrogacy in general, you can listen to… Continue reading

Following the news that a 72 year old British couple have been awarded a parental order for a surrogate-born baby from California, we have been quoted in the third newspaper to cover this story today, The Daily Telegraph. You can read the story here. We oppose the practice of Britons being able to go abroad… Continue reading

Following the awarding of a parental order for a 14 month old US-born baby to a 72 year old British couple at the High Court, we have been quoted in the Daily Mail, who have also covered the story originally reported in The Times, which you can read here. In April 2025 a 72 year… Continue reading

We have been quoted in The Times in response to the news that a 72 year old British couple have been awarded a parental order for a US surrogate born 14 month old baby. Along with our co-campaigners Stop Surrogacy Now UK, we have been quoted and reiterated our call for a ban on Britons… Continue reading

We have been quoted in an article in The Jewish Chronicle, in reference to the Government announcing it will not be taking forward Law Commission plans to liberalise domestic surrogacy law. Although not approached directly to provide a quote, the JC mentioned our campaign and some of our reasons for opposing the Law Commission plans.… Continue reading

On Thursday 8 May our campaign group was mentioned in The Times (print and online), in relation to the news that Government would not be proceeding with Law Commission proposals to liberalise domestic surrogacy law; a decision we have strongly welcomed. In March 2025 we, along with twelve other women’s and children’s rights organisations, wrote… Continue reading

Today we have learned that the Government does not intend to take up proposals by the Law Commission for England and Wales, with the Scottish Law Commission, to liberalise domestic surrogacy law in Britain; Women’s Health Minister Baroness Merron has written to the Chair of the Law Commission in England and Wales, Sir Peter Fraser,… Continue reading

Following a public petition being debated in the Scottish Parliament on 23 April 2025, our founder, Helen Gibson, has been quoted in The Herald. The petition calls for people pursuing IVF (including for surrogacy) on the NHS in Scotland to be able to privately purchase eggs from fertility clinics, before then being provided with free… Continue reading

Following on from our exclusive with the Daily Mail, revealing a British surrogacy agency which has set up a commercial outpost in Mexico City, the story has also been covered in The Telegraph. Low paid Mexican women, who earn on average a salary of £300 equivalent a month, are being offered 310,000 pesos by My… Continue reading