Pulitzer Center | July 16, 2023
British police say that New Life, an international agency that sells cut-price, offshore surrogacies to infertile and gay couples, has broken the UK’s Surrogacy Arrangements Law, but the authorities claim to be unable to prosecute anyone involved.
CBC | July 3, 2023
Italy is not alone in its efforts to ban surrogacy: the anti-surrogacy movement is rapidly gaining momentum among the newly empowered far-right parties throughout Europe, part of their broader effort to disenfranchise LGBTQ families.
Politico | June 23, 2023
Italy’s conservative prime minister is using surrogacy as a tool to chip away at the already fragile status of Italy’s LGBTQ+ community.
Bloomberg | June 20, 2023
Italy’s far-right government is attempting to advance legislation to criminalize surrogacy pursued abroad, which would particularly harm LGBTQ families. Couples found guilty of trying to have children through surrogates living overseas would face prison sentences and a fine.
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Eurasianet | June 13, 2023
The country of Georgia, which recently became an international surrogacy hub, moved to ban surrogacy for foreigners. The Prime Minister stated safety concerns for surrogates and children and trafficking risks, and expressed sentiments discriminatory toward same-sex couples.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
