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Kirsty Horsey
@khorsey.bsky.social
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Professor of Law at Loughborough University. Originally a West Country lass. Fan of cats, cooking and fun.

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Kirsty Horsey @khorsey.bsky.social · 10d
*checks returns policy*

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Kirsty Horsey @khorsey.bsky.social · 25d
@thatsmytwin.bsky.social @cupiedoll.bsky.social lols
peterchilvers.com Peter Chilvers @peterchilvers.com · 25d
The BBC are accidentally running the subtitles to Mrs Marple over the Mercury Prize, and it’s rather wonderful. A few of lines could plausibly have been written by Jarvis.

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Peter Chilvers @peterchilvers.com · 25d
The BBC are accidentally running the subtitles to Mrs Marple over the Mercury Prize, and it’s rather wonderful. A few of lines could plausibly have been written by Jarvis.

Reposted by Kirsty Horsey

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Centre for Reproductive Research & Communication (CRRC) @crrcbpas.bsky.social · 27d
Researchers 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.

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Kirsty Horsey @khorsey.bsky.social · 29d
I liked Laos and the Philippines… but special mention for Ecuador! The whole thing was great!!

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Kirsty Horsey @khorsey.bsky.social · 29d
If you get to the end you get last year’s too! Which was your fave?

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Kirsty Horsey @khorsey.bsky.social · 29d
I think you’ll enjoy this whole thread @cupiedoll.bsky.social and @thatsmytwin.bsky.social 😂
bevismusson.bsky.social Bevis Musson @bevismusson.bsky.social · Oct 11
You know what, let's do the Annual Mister Global National Costume thread tonight after all. Usual rules apply - this is all in fun, this isn't about the contestants looks or making fun of them, it's about the costumes and appreciating them (or, you know, making fun of them...)

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Bevis Musson @bevismusson.bsky.social · Oct 11
You know what, let's do the Annual Mister Global National Costume thread tonight after all. Usual rules apply - this is all in fun, this isn't about the contestants looks or making fun of them, it's about the costumes and appreciating them (or, you know, making fun of them...)

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Kirsty Horsey @khorsey.bsky.social · Oct 10
Today 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 👎🏻
UN special rapporteur's surrogacy report: biased from the outset | PET
The UN special rapporteur on 'violence against women and girls' has recommended prohibition of surrogacy on a global level.
www.progress.org.uk

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Kirsty Horsey @khorsey.bsky.social · Oct 8
Me too!!

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Feminist Miscarriage Project @miscarriageproject.bsky.social · Oct 6
Conference 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/conference
Conference — The Feminist Miscarriage Project
Information on the conference 'New Directions in Miscarriage Research: Intersectional, Interdisciplinary and Full-Spectrum Perspectives', Loughborough University London Campus, June 2026.
feministmiscarriageproject.org

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Kirsty Horsey @khorsey.bsky.social · Oct 4
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/lboro/pers...
Perspectives on surrogacy 2025
Online surveys is a powerful, easy to use tool for creating online surveys. Run by Jisc, online surveys is used by over 300 different organisations in the UK...
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk

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Kirsty Horsey @khorsey.bsky.social · Oct 4
10 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

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Daragh Murray @daragh.bsky.social · Oct 4
Great 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...
Conor Gearty · Unwelcome Remnant: Erasing the Human Rights Act
The Supreme Court is quietly editing the Human Rights Act out of existence. In cases where human rights cannot be...
www.lrb.co.uk

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Kirsty Horsey @khorsey.bsky.social · Oct 3
Please share widely with any appropriate contacts and networks! Deadline midnight on 31 October 2025 🦇
Happy to answer any questions.

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Kirsty Horsey @khorsey.bsky.social · Oct 3
We seek responses from past, current and future #surrogates, parents through surrogacy (UK or overseas), intended parents & anyone who works with surrogates and/or intended parents. More info, including re ethics approval, data control &consent here: app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/lboro/pers...
Perspectives on surrogacy 2025
Online surveys is a powerful, easy to use tool for creating online surveys. Run by Jisc, online surveys is used by over 300 different organisations in the UK...
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk

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Kirsty Horsey @khorsey.bsky.social · Oct 3
I 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)…

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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · Sep 27
Then 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

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Progress Educational Trust (PET) @pet-bionews.bsky.social · Sep 23
What 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

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Kirsty Horsey @khorsey.bsky.social · Sep 21
Omg let’s go!!

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Progress Educational Trust (PET) @pet-bionews.bsky.social · Sep 17
Prof @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

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Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · Sep 17
The 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 (🧵)

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Progress Educational Trust (PET) @pet-bionews.bsky.social · Sep 16
Time 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...

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Kirsty Horsey @khorsey.bsky.social · Sep 15
I wrote this comment piece for BioNews (@pet-bionews.bsky.social) critiquing the problematic report on #surrogacy from the UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, which is due to be presented to the UN Human Rights Council next month www.progress.org.uk/the-un-speci...
UN special rapporteur's surrogacy report: biased from the outset | PET
The UN special rapporteur on 'violence against women and girls' has recommended prohibition of surrogacy on a global level.
www.progress.org.uk

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Kirsty Horsey @khorsey.bsky.social · Sep 15
Lovely review by Bethan Carr (aka @thesurrogacysolicitor on other platforms) of our recent co-edited (with @zainamahmoud.bsky.social & Dr Katherine Wade) @brisunipress.bsky.social book “Future Directions in Surrogacy Law - Law & policy reform in the UK and beyond”
www.progress.org.uk/book-review-...
Book Review: Future Directions in Surrogacy Law – Law and policy reform in the UK and beyond | PET
The book is undeniably a landmark contribution to the argument for law reform, and is essential reading for policymakers, stakeholders and public alike, writes Bethan Carr.
www.progress.org.uk

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Progress Educational Trust (PET) @pet-bionews.bsky.social · Sep 15
Kim Cotton has made the decision to close her surrogacy organisation after 37 years.
Vanessa Burns writes about this news and the impact of existing surrogacy law in BioNews: www.progress.org.uk/kim-cotton-t...

#Surrogacy #KimCotton #COTS #SurrogacyLaw #LawCommission #Fertility #Family #Children

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Women Deliver @womendeliver.bsky.social · Sep 10
📑 Criminalizing surrogacy drives it underground, heightens risks of exploitation, and leaves parents and children in legal limbo. Our new briefing urges rights-based regulation to safeguard the dignity and safety of all involved. Read the full briefing: bit.ly/45Vv8sK
A beige image with the title "Surrogacy" in large, purple letters on a yellow background, and the subtitle "A Human Rights-Based Approach" in yellow on an indigo-purple background. The graphic contains a teal document icon, a red icon of a womb and an open hand inside a yellow outline, and a teal a icon of two hands holding a mint heart. A red arrow points diagonally down and to the left. The Women Deliver logo is on the top right corner. A beige and blue image with a red megaphone icon on a yellow background in the top left corner. The beige section of the image has a teal stripes with the text: "A human rights-based approach to surrogacy requires recognizing all parties' rights, including the right to:" Below this are bullet points listing various rights: "Health," "Bodily Autonomy," "Best Interests of the Child," "Found a Family," "Benefit from Scientific Progress," "Be Free from Harmful Stereotypes," and "The Right to Work." The Women Deliver logo is on the top right corner. A beige and teal image. The beige section has a yellow shape with purple text: "Surrogacy should not be criminalized." Below this, there is a paragraph in purple text explaining that criminalization of surrogacy harms marginalized groups and undermines fundamental rights. In the teal section, there is a red icon of a womb and a fist in a yellow outline, along with a paragraph in bold purple text explaining that when surrogacy is ethically regulated, it can provide opportunities for reproductive autonomy without causing harm. The Women Deliver logo is on the top right corner.

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Kirsty Horsey @khorsey.bsky.social · Sep 9
A pleasure to be at Westminster today with the two Sarahs from SurrogacyUK and @pet-bionews.bsky.social as well as other surrogates and intended parents, meeting with MPs, researchers and others to highlight the positives of surrogacy and the benefits of law reform to increase safeguards for all

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Dr Heidi Colthup @heidi-colthup.bsky.social · Aug 21
A colleague has just shared this with me - it's a really good article from @davehitchcock.bsky.social about the crisis in UK Universities.
The situation is more dire than the public realise.
www.historyworkshop.org.uk/education/a-...
#AcademicSky
A Decade of Crisis
The UK's universities are in crisis. Dave Hitchcock on how the sector became 'broken' and why it must be understood as an interdependent system.
www.historyworkshop.org.uk

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Senthorun S. Raj @senthorun.bsky.social · Aug 18
“A network of US-based organisations and a coordinated rise in funding from across the Atlantic to push back on British abortion rights.”

Conservative groups are funding attacks on abortion, trans health, sex education, etc. This cultivates authoritarianism. We need greater solidarity to resist it.
US Christian conservative groups escalate support for UK ...
Network of well-funded bodies backs cases in UK after JD Vance’s challenge on buffer zones outside abortion clinics
observer.co.uk