BBC | May 6, 2023
A Londonderry couple whose daughter was born via a surrogate have said UK surrogacy laws need to be simplified to make legal parentage possible for gay couples who have children through surrogacy.
The hidden tax on same-sex couples in NZ
Stuff | April 24, 2023
In New Zealand, same-sex couples are denied access to public funding for infertility treatments, including surrogacy, that are available to heterosexual couples. This extra burden on same-sex couples only compounds existing inequalities.
Far-right Italian Government Seeks to Limit Same-Sex Couples’ Use of Surrogacy
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s recent order to Italian municipalities to stop certifying foreign birth certificates for same-sex couples who had children through surrogacy in other countries has drawn condemnation from the European parliament. These articles explain how Meloni’s crackdown on surrogacy is part of a wider attack on the rights of LGBTQ+ Italians.
Surrogacy Emerges as the Wedge Issue for Italy’s Hard Right by Jason Horowitz, The New York Times
MEPs condemn Italy’s move to stop registering children of same-sex parents by Angelia Giuffrida, The Guardian
Italy enforces ban on recognising same-sex parenthood by Emily Vine, Progress Educational Trust
Italy’s ruling conservative majority wants to criminalize gay couples seeking surrogacy abroad by The Pink Times
Italy enforces ban on recognising same-sex parenthood
Progress Educational Trust | March 27, 2023
A recent order that stops Milan from recognizing same-sex couples as children’s parents is another strategy that Meloni’s government is using to attempt to limit avenues for LGBTQ couples to become parents.
Italy’s ruling conservative majority wants to criminalize gay couples seeking surrogacy abroad
The Pink Times | March 23, 2023
The Italian ruling conservative coalition is pushing for a new law that would criminalize couples who travel abroad to have a baby via surrogacy. LGTBQ activists have criticized the proposed legislation as a clear attempt to marginalize LGBTQ parents.
‘Don’t bother’: fewer than five same-sex couples in Victoria approved for adoption since 2017
The Guardian | March 18, 2023
Although Victoria legalized adoption for same-sex couples in 2017, that route to family formation leads nowhere for most same-sex couples hoping to adopt––in part due to bias and in part due to decreasing adoptions more broadly. Many same-sex couples turn to surrogacy instead.
Parents welcome first baby born to gay couple via surrogacy in Israel
Jerusalem Post | February 22, 2023
The first baby born to a gay couple via surrogacy in Israel took place last month, after a new law implemented last year allowed single fathers, same-sex couples and transgender people to hire surrogates domestically.
Italians travelling abroad for surrogacy could be criminalised
Progress Educational Trust | February 13, 2023
In Italy, senators close to Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni have proposed a bill that would fine or imprison Italian couples who seek surrogacy abroad, further reducing the limited options for LGBTQ couples to form families.
Nightmare Ruling For Non-Genetically Related Israeli Parents By Surrogacy
Above the Law | February 8, 2023
In a recent case, the Israeli Supreme Court ruled that in future cases, no parental status should be recognized for parents of children by surrogacy without a genetic connection to the child.
Israel has been an LGBTQ haven in the Middle East. Its new government could change that.
Jewish Telegraphic Agency | January 17, 2023
The Israeli Supreme Court extended the right to have children via surrogates to same sex couples in 2021. But its new anti-LGBTQ government put these and other protections in jeopardy.