The Progess Educational Trust and Natalie Gamble, leading fertility law expert with Lester Aldridge LLP, against the ‘need for a father’ amendments

The PET and Natalie Gamble urge Parliament to reject any amendments to the Bill which would require a ‘need for a father’ clause. They argue that the propsed amendments are inherently discrimminatory towards single women and lesbian couples.
For more on this see: Need for a Father

The British Medical Association supports removal of the ‘need for a father’ clause

The BMA supports the need for fertiliy clinics to consider the welfare of the resultant child, but says that the ‘need for a father clause’ ought to be removed. This would recognise the changes in social attitude which have taken place.
See more here: BMA Briefing Child Welfare and the Need for a Father