Considering the need for a father: the role of clinicians in safeguarding family values in UK fertility treatment

Abstract One of the most hotly debated issues in the UK's new Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 has been the abolition of the requirement for clinicians to consider a prospective child's ‘need for a father’ before offering treatment. Leading fertility law specialist and solicitor...

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Published inReproductive biomedicine online Vol. 19; pp. 15 - 18
Main Author Gamble, Natalie
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Netherlands Elsevier Ltd 2009
Subjects
Child
child welfare
Child Welfare - ethics
Child Welfare - legislation & jurisprudence
Counseling
Family
Fathers
Female
Fertilization in Vitro - legislation & jurisprudence
HFEA
Homosexuality, Female
Humans
IVF treatment
legal
Male
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Parenting
Reproductive Techniques, Assisted - legislation & jurisprudence
same-sex couples
United Kingdom
legal
child welfare
HFEA
IVF treatment
family
same-sex couples
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Summary:Abstract One of the most hotly debated issues in the UK's new Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 has been the abolition of the requirement for clinicians to consider a prospective child's ‘need for a father’ before offering treatment. Leading fertility law specialist and solicitor Natalie Gamble reviews the history of the ‘need for a father’ provision and assesses the practical impact of the new legal requirement of clinicians to consider the child's need for ‘supportive parenting’.
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ISSN:1472-6483
1472-6491
DOI:10.1016/S1472-6483(10)60058-2