Professor of law, University of Kent
Professor Kirsty Horsey is an Adviser to PET (the Progress Educational Trust), and is a Volunteer Writer at its flagship publication BioNews. Kirsty was previously Reproduction Editor of BioNews, and together with Dr Jess Buxton and Professor Marcus Pembrey, she developed the BioNews writing scheme to provide practical science writing training and experience for PhD students. Kirsty is currently professor of law at the University of Kent and previously worked as a senior research associate at the London Women's Clinic. Previously, she was reader in obligations at the University of Kent's Law School, where she obtained her PhD on legal parenthood following the use of surrogacy and other forms of assisted conception. Much of her research remains focused upon assisted conception, and she is editor of Revisiting the Regulation of Human Fertilisation and Embryology, and coauthor (with Dr Erika Rackley) of Tort Law.
Recently the Pope called for a global ban on surrogacy, using a rhetoric that echoed the claims made by some radical feminists that all surrogacy is exploitative, say Natalie Gamble, Professor Kirsty Horsey and Professor Emily Jackson...
PET's 2023 Annual Conference took place on 6 December 2023. During the first session of the conference, Professor Peter Braude explored the history of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act...
The second session of the PET 2023 Annual Conference asked 'Where do we go next?' following Professor Peter Braude's superb coverage of the history of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act...
The latest public event from PET discussed the HFEA's current consultation on reforming fertility and embryo law, chaired by Sarah Norcross with speakers including Peter Thompson, Venessa Smith, Dr Rachel Gregoire, Dr Kay Elder and James Lawford Davies...
The book, 'Surrogacy Stories', contains 20 different accounts of surrogacy from the perspective of the intended parents...
Including children born via surrogacy in any reform of the law governing it, is essential, argue three researchers who developed a framework for engaging these individuals...
The theme of Progress Educational Trust's 2022 Annual Conference 'Making Fertility Treatment Fair: Equality in Access, Equality in Outcome?' was equality and fairness in the context of fertility treatment, and how barriers to treatment may be overcome...
PET's event explored the changes in relation to storage of sperm, eggs and embryos made by the Health and Care Act 2022, amending the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990...
The UK's Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority is tasked by the Government to advise on what changes should be made to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008...
For several years, Ukraine has been the second most popular destination (behind California) for cross-border commercial surrogacy for married heterosexual couples seeking surrogacy for medical reasons...
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