Reposted by Kirsty HorseyMáiréad Enright @maireadenright.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Please sign if you can. Those raided and detained include activists, academics, researchers and human rights defenders. 084
Kirsty Horsey @khorsey.bsky.social · 21/07/2026www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...theguardian.comUK surrogacy law ‘creaking at seams’ as demand rises sharplyExperts urge ministers to update legislation to prevent intended parents resorting to riskier arrangements abroad 011
Kirsty Horsey @khorsey.bsky.social · 21/07/2026www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...theguardian.comI was struggling after eight rounds of IVF – then a midwife became my surrogateNarzny McKinney and her surrogate, Sarah, discuss their experience – and the misconceptions that surround the practice 000
Reposted by Kirsty HorseyFamily Law News @familylaw.bsky.social · 21/07/2026www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...theguardian.comUK surrogacy law ‘creaking at seams’ as demand rises sharplyExperts urge ministers to update legislation to prevent intended parents resorting to riskier arrangements abroad 021
Reposted by Kirsty HorseyJosh Milburn @joshmilburn.bsky.social · 16/07/2026My department is hiring a lecturer or senior lecturer in philosophy. It's an open call in terms of research specialization, but we're keen to hire someone whose teaching/research speaks to PPE in some way. This is a great job in a great department. Please help me spread the word! 03336
Reposted by Kirsty HorseyRussell Sandberg @sandbergrlaw.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Interesting piece in the @lawsocietygazette.bsky.social by Profs Erika Rackley and Sharon Thompson www.lawgazette.co.uk/commentary-a...lawgazette.co.ukFeminist constellations in lawAs the multitude of women's professional networks and collaborations demonstrate, we are stronger together. 021
Kirsty Horsey @khorsey.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Thank goodness for pet insurance or this would have been the most expensive Cone of Doom ever! Mystery wound needing stitching up (internal and external) under general anaesthetic- my poor Rolo 😿 210
Reposted by Kirsty HorseyJL Kaufmann @jlkaufmann.bsky.social · 11/07/2026Baby. Capybaras. For medicinal reasons. 39533
Reposted by Kirsty HorseyPaul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Dr Fraser has signed up to Claude so you don’t have to. Really, you don’t have to! 03211
Reposted by Kirsty HorseyBryan McColgan, MD @gaydadreporter.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Great interview and the UK surrogacy laws are DEFINITELY due for an update! www.attitude.co.uk/life/adam-fr...attitude.co.ukFashion mogul Adam Frisby on surrogacy, fatherhood and why UK law must change (EXCLUSIVE)Frisby reflects on welcoming daughter Leven with fiancé Jamie Corbett, and why their journey inspired a campaign for surrogacy law reform. 011
Kirsty Horsey @khorsey.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Omg have read this in full now and it’s both amazing (scholarship) and horrible (findings; reality etc). What a great piece of work by my colleague @maireadenright.bsky.social (also going straight into my teaching materials) 000
Reposted by Kirsty HorseyProgress Educational Trust (PET) @pet-bionews.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Why we published the 'Fertility, Embryo Research and Genome Editing' report - Sarah Norcross and Prof Karen Sermon are talking about the significance of the PET report, in this week's BioNews. Read more for FREE here ⬇️ www.progress.org.uk/why-we-publi... #ESHRE2026 011
Kirsty Horsey @khorsey.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Really interesting new report on public attitudes to issues in assisted reproduction (including #surrogacy), embryo research and genomics across 4 European countries with differing laws! 000
Reposted by Kirsty HorseyThe Daily Britain @thedailybritain.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Green leader @zackpolanski.bsky.social revisited the byelection attack line that claimed the Greens wanted to “sell crack to children”. Kojo Koram just explained why “crack in Tesco” is not a serious drug policy argument 👇 29323
Reposted by Kirsty Horseyifwhenhow @ifwhenhow.bsky.social · 24/06/202611,800+. That’s how many calls we’ve answered since Dobbs. Each one is a person navigating fear, bad info, or a legal hurdle for their pregnancy, abortion, birth, or parenting. 122
Reposted by Kirsty HorseyCold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Happy 10 years of Brexit 💃💃💃 411488580
Reposted by Kirsty HorseyIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 17/06/2026The EHRC trans code explained: What it does, how it works and what happens next iandunt.substack.com/p/the-ehrc-t...iandunt.substack.comThe EHRC trans code explainedWhat does it say, how will it work, and what happens next? 34308131
Reposted by Kirsty HorseyProgress Educational Trust (PET) @pet-bionews.bsky.social · 16/06/2026New #HFEA Report highlights almost 3 in 4 #fertility patients pay for their #ivf. The report states that 'NHS-funded IVF cycles decreased from 35% in 2019 to 28% in 2024 in the UK'. Check out your ICB here: www.progress.org.uk/fertility-po... #infertility #fertilitytreatment 001
Kirsty Horsey @khorsey.bsky.social · 13/04/2026YES Susan! Thank you for speaking out - I’ve been so cross about the misinformation out there about surrogacy (& sidelining of actual empirical work) for a while! www.progress.org.uk/when-researc...progress.org.ukResearch or belief: Surrogacy families in the political crossfire | PETResearch on UK surrogacy families shows positive outcomes for children, parents, and surrogates, countering common misconceptions. 010
Kirsty Horsey @khorsey.bsky.social · 13/04/2026@thatsmytwin.bsky.social @cupiedoll.bsky.social dogs not cats but still lols 020
Reposted by Kirsty HorseyTHE NERVE @thenerve.news · 08/03/2026New Stewart Lee column. '“President Trump has been anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran to cause Armageddon and mark his return to Earth”. To be honest, I preferred Jesus when he just healed lepers, made a small amount of fish feed more people....' 1223387
Reposted by Kirsty HorseyFamily Law News @familylaw.bsky.social · 17/02/2026AA & Ors, In the Matter Of [2026] EWHC 317 (Fam): 15 applications for declarations that it is lawful for gametes or embryos to continue to be stored and to be used where written consent to storage has expired. Declarations made in 14 cases. www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWH... 011
Reposted by Kirsty HorseyLoughborough University PR @lboropr.bsky.social · 09/02/2026Surrogacy laws in the UK need to be updated to better protect all those involved in the process. New report by Professor @khorsey.bsky.social for SurrogacyUK... Read more: 👇 bit.ly/4a5EzYHbit.lySurrogacy laws need to be updated to protect children, parents and surrogates – new reportThe law around surrogacy needs to be updated to protect children, parents and surrogates, according to a new report. 021
Reposted by Kirsty HorseyLoughborough Law @lawatloughborough.bsky.social · 09/02/2026🔊 “Children born through surrogacy should not begin life in legal uncertainty. The law must reflect their lived reality and protect their welfare from birth.” 📖 Professor Kirsty Horsey (@khorsey.bsky.social) co-authors new report on surrogacy law reform. 🔗 Read more surrogacyuk.org/2026/02/09/s... 021
Reposted by Kirsty HorseyProgress Educational Trust (PET) @pet-bionews.bsky.social · 07/02/2026Prof Nicky Hudson shares eight films in which egg donors discuss different aspects of egg donation in their own words. Watch here: www.progress.org.uk/the-edna-fil... Image: Courtesy of NIAIDRyan Kissinger, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons #EggDonation #donorconception #Fertility 011
Reposted by Kirsty HorseyDiamond Ashiagbor @diamondashiagbor.bsky.social · 04/02/2026Devastatingly sad. Every Labour MP should be forced to read this. In fact, every MP, who rushed back to Parliament to vote to save one steel mill, whilst hastening the collapse of dozens of universities - and harming the students, staff, communities and economies universities sustain and support 5256130
Kirsty Horsey @khorsey.bsky.social · 03/02/2026These films (as discussed by my colleague Nicky Hudson at Loughborough from whose research project they came) are really interesting and certainly cut across some of the (negative and misinformative) narrative that is out there about donation and what it entails www.progress.org.uk/the-edna-fil...progress.org.ukThe EDNA Films: Egg donors in their own words | PETAs the Women and Equalities Committee of the House of Commons pursues an inquiry into egg donation and egg freezing, Professor Nicky Hudson draws attention to eight films in which egg donors discuss e... 000
Reposted by Kirsty HorseyAtla Hrafney @atlathewriter.bsky.social · 20/01/2026In the 2010s, the Icelandic tv station Channel 2 accidentally added subtitles from a gritty crime drama to an episode of Teletubbies. I have translated some of the highlights 9675043334
Reposted by Kirsty HorseyLucy van de Wiel @lucyvandewiel.bsky.social · 16/01/2026I am very happy to announce a job opening for a 3-year Postdoctoral Research Associate position @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social. The postdoc will work with me on a qualitative research project examining the politics of contraception and abortion. Apply here: my.corehr.com/pls/kclrecru...my.corehr.com 043
Kirsty Horsey @khorsey.bsky.social · 12/01/2026Congratulations to my nephew for getting this through 🤩 020
Reposted by Kirsty HorseyUniversity of Leeds - School of Law @lawatleeds.bsky.social · 07/01/2026📣Come join our successful, dynamic law school! These two wonderful roles for Lecturer in Law are closing soon on the 17 January 2026. Check out the Candidate Brief and apply below! 👇 023
Kirsty Horsey @khorsey.bsky.social · 24/12/2025I love this every year - but even better featuring cats!! 050
Reposted by Kirsty HorseyProgress Educational Trust (PET) @pet-bionews.bsky.social · 03/12/2025Bookings for this year's PET Annual Conference close tomorrow at 5PM! It's your last chance to book, if you haven't already ⬇️ progress.org.uk/event/genomi... #PETconf25 001
Kirsty Horsey @khorsey.bsky.social · 11/11/2025This is nice and shows it’s not all horror stories and predictable tropes: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.uk'I've given seven babies to other families and do not regret it'Statistics suggest the practice of using surrogates to have children is on the rise. 030
Kirsty Horsey @khorsey.bsky.social · 16/10/2025@thatsmytwin.bsky.social @cupiedoll.bsky.social lols 230
Reposted by Kirsty HorseyCentre for Reproductive Research & Communication (CRRC) @crrcbpas.bsky.social · 15/10/2025Researchers and healthcare professionals at @ucl.ac.uk are looking for people with lived experience to help shape research on pregnancy, birth and long-term outcomes after pregnancy for survivors of gender-based violence. See below for more details on participation. 111
Reposted by Kirsty HorseyKirsty Horsey @khorsey.bsky.social · 04/10/202510 years on and we’re doing it again! If you are/have been a surrogate, or are/intend to become a parent through surrogacy, or you support people in/through surrogacy arrangements, please take 10-15 mins to fill out this survey (& share widely!) 👀 link in next post 111
Kirsty Horsey @khorsey.bsky.social · 12/10/2025I think you’ll enjoy this whole thread @cupiedoll.bsky.social and @thatsmytwin.bsky.social 😂 210
Kirsty Horsey @khorsey.bsky.social · 10/10/2025Today at the UN General Assembly the Special Rapporteur on violence against women @unsrvaw.bsky.social will present her problematic report on surrogacy. I wrote about it here: www.progress.org.uk/the-un-speci.... Shame the UN doesn’t get to hear other voices & evidence of surrogacy working well 👎🏻progress.org.ukUN special rapporteur's surrogacy report: biased from the outset | PETThe UN special rapporteur on 'violence against women and girls' has recommended prohibition of surrogacy on a global level. 010
Reposted by Kirsty HorseyFeminist Miscarriage Project @miscarriageproject.bsky.social · 06/10/2025Conference alert! Thursday 18th-Friday 19th June, 2026, London campus of Loughborough University. Online day: Monday 22nd June, 2026. Please see Call for Papers here: feministmiscarriageproject.org/conferencefeministmiscarriageproject.orgConference — The Feminist Miscarriage ProjectInformation on the conference 'New Directions in Miscarriage Research: Intersectional, Interdisciplinary and Full-Spectrum Perspectives', Loughborough University London Campus, June 2026. 01111
Kirsty Horsey @khorsey.bsky.social · 04/10/202510 years on and we’re doing it again! If you are/have been a surrogate, or are/intend to become a parent through surrogacy, or you support people in/through surrogacy arrangements, please take 10-15 mins to fill out this survey (& share widely!) 👀 link in next post 111
Reposted by Kirsty HorseyDaragh Murray @daragh.bsky.social · 04/10/2025Great and incredibly timely piece by Conor Gearty on the UK Supreme Court’s role in ‘Erasing Human Rights’ www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...lrb.co.ukConor Gearty · Unwelcome Remnant: Erasing the Human Rights ActThe Supreme Court is quietly editing the Human Rights Act out of existence. In cases where human rights cannot be... 043
Kirsty Horsey @khorsey.bsky.social · 03/10/2025I have launched a new Perspectives on Surrogacy 2025 survey, with SurrogacyUK’s Working Group on Law Reform! It follows-up another survey, conducted 10 years ago, which led to the report Surrogacy in the UK: Myth Busting and Reform (informed the Law Commissions’ consultation on #surrogacy law)… 110
Reposted by Kirsty HorseyEmma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 27/09/2025Then timings get interesting…. Farage quits UKIP 4th Dec 2018 Gill follows him on the 6th Dec 5 other UKIP MEPs follow Farage within days, including Nuttall (former UKIP leader, now deputy chairman of Reform) All 6 join the Brexit party in Feb with Farage By April, another 7 have switched 9/14 624759
Reposted by Kirsty HorseyProgress Educational Trust (PET) @pet-bionews.bsky.social · 23/09/2025What is the impact of online platforms, such as websites, social media groups and apps, that facilitate sperm donation outside of fertility clinics? Read more in BioNews: www.progress.org.uk/a-deep-dive-... #SpermDonation #Fertility #Infertility #donorconception #Family 111
Reposted by Kirsty HorseyProgress Educational Trust (PET) @pet-bionews.bsky.social · 17/09/2025Prof @khorsey.bsky.social reflects on the content of the report, especially its recommendation to prohibit surrogacy on a global level. Read more in BioNews: www.progress.org.uk/the-un-speci... #Surrogacy #UN #UNReport #Children #IntendedParents #Family #Reproduction @stephen-page-law.bsky.social 011
Reposted by Kirsty HorseyJosiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 17/09/2025The Labour MP for East Thanet, Polly Billington MP, has written to the Reform Leader of Kent County Council to express her concern about Reform in Kent’s "continued endorsement of anti-science organisations and conspiracy theories" in a new motion on climate change (🧵) 14672207
Reposted by Kirsty HorseyProgress Educational Trust (PET) @pet-bionews.bsky.social · 16/09/2025Time is running out to submit your application! The BioNews writing scheme for @ucl.ac.uk grad students closes this Thursday 18 September @ 5pm!!! ⏰ For full details: www.ucl.ac.uk/human-resour... 001