Italy Forges Ahead With Criminalizing Parents Who Use Surrogates
- Bill to impose jail and fine passes first parliamentary vote
- Proposal was introduced by Meloni’s party, backed by coalition
Giorgia Meloni
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Italy’s lower house of parliament has approved a divisive bill that could impose prison terms on parents that use surrogates to have children — if even the process was legally carried out overseas. The vote represents a step forward in the implementation of a socially conservative agenda backed by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.
The proposal was supported by 166 lawmakers and the ruling coalition parties: Meloni’s far-right Brothers of Italy, the anti-immigrant League and the center-right Forza Italia.