Fertility Law News Archive - 2018
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21st September 2018

In around half of all couples struggling to conceive, the problem is sperm-related. Around 7% of men are infertile and this figure increases significantly when male subfertility is factored in. There are a number of reasons for male infertility including: sperm production problems, blockages, hormonal problems and sperm antibodies. Male... 





[](https://vardags.com/1)[### Female fertility preservation and maximisation: is ovary freezing the final frontier?](https://vardags.com/1)3rd September 2018

There is ongoing debate about the limitations of a woman's 'biological clock' and the finite nature of female fertility. However, this is not the full picture. Medical technology is available to freeze ovarian tissue, potentially for decades, and then re-implant it effectively preserving a woman's fertility and... [READ MORE](https://vardags.com/1)





[](https://vardags.com/2)[### Demand for sperm and Brexit](https://vardags.com/2)30th August 2018

The global sperm bank market is thought to be worth $5 billion by 2025. In recent years, changes in law and policy, including equality legislation,[1] and changing attitudes to family building are driving increased demand for sperm in the UK. Thousands of women in the UK need donor sperm every year. Demand increasingly outstrips supply,... [READ MORE](https://vardags.com/2)





[](https://vardags.com/3)[### Posthumous conception: Life after death](https://vardags.com/3)15th August 2018

The case of Y v A Healthcare NHS Trust & The HFEA & Z (by his litigation friend, The Official Solicitor) [2018] EWCOP 18 marks a legal first. In a groundbreaking judgment, the wife's specialist fertility law team at Vardags won a unique legal ruling from The Court of Protection to extract and store sperm from her dying husband for... [READ MORE](https://vardags.com/3)