* Please note that the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill was granted the Royal Assent on 13 November 2008. For more information please click here.
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 will be updated to ensure that the law is fit for purpose.
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill aims to revise and formalise legislation for assisted reproduction and will provide a regulatory framework governing embryonic research and therapy. It has been through the House of Lords and will be debated in the House of Commons.
This section of the website provides you will information on certain aspects of the Bill which are relevant to the RCOG and the specialty.
Parliamentary Briefings
Statements
Questions and Answers
- Using human-admixed embryos for stem cell research - the O&G perspective
- The abortion time limit and why it should remain at 24 weeks - the O&G perspective
- Reasons to do away with two doctors’ signatures in approving abortions - the O&G perspective
- Q&A: Abortion settings – the O&G perspective
- 4D ultrasound and whether images tell us about fetal sentience - the O&G perspective
- Abortions for fetal abnormality and sydromatic conditions indicated by cleft lip and/or palate - the O&G perspective
- Extending the Abortion Act to Northern Ireland - the O&G perspective
- Abortion and mental health - the O&G perspective