Harvard Law School Petrie-Flom Center | September 5, 2023
Israel’s assisted reproduction regulations assume a heteronormative understanding of the family, but recent court rulings in the country pave the way for more egalitarian treatment of LGBTQ families that ought to be reflected in the regulations themselves.
Earlier this year, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s far-right government ordered Italian municipalities to stop certifying foreign birth certificates for same-sex couples who had children through surrogacy in other countries, a move that drew condemnation from the European parliament. A number of Pride parades this summer featured challenges to the government’s anti-LGBTQ measures. Meloni’s government continues its attack on the rights of LGBTQ+ Italians by retroactively stripping same-sex parents of their legal connection to their children––including those who formed families using surrogacy.
Italian parliament approves bill to criminalise surrogacy abroad
Angelia Giuffrida, The Guardian
Italy’s Mounting Attack on Lesbian Parents
Erin Kilbride, Human Rights Watch
Italy according to Giorgia Meloni: no country for non-traditional families
Valérie Gauriat and Davide Lobina, EuroNews
Italy begins stripping lesbian mothers of their parental rights
Molly Sprayregen, LGBTQ Nation
Why gay couples using surrogacy are the latest target for Europe’s far right
John Last, CBC News
How Italy is using surrogacy to erode LGBTQ+ rights
Andrea Carlo, Politico
Italy Wants to Punish Surrogacy With Jail Even If Done Legally
Chiara Albanese, Bloomberg
Rome holds LGBTQ+ Pride parade amid backdrop of Meloni government crackdown on surrogate births
Frances D’Emilio, Yahoo News
Rightwing governor of Lazio region withdraws backing for pride parade
Angelia Giuffrida, The Guardian
Surrogacy Emerges as the Wedge Issue for Italy’s Hard Right
Jason Horowitz, The New York Times
MEPs condemn Italy’s move to stop registering children of same-sex parents
Angelia Giuffrida, The Guardian
Italy enforces ban on recognising same-sex parenthood
Emily Vine, Progress Educational Trust
Italy’s ruling conservative majority wants to criminalize gay couples seeking surrogacy abroad
The Pink Times
GCN | July 25, 2023
Ireland will begin publicly funding IVF in September, but the program excludes same-sex couples and those using donor sperm or eggs. LGBTQ rights and other advocates are critiquing those and other eligibility requirements.
LGBTQ Nation | July 17, 2023
In conjunction with its attack on the rights of same-sex parents, the Italian government has begun retroactively stripping same-sex parents of their legal connection to their children––including those who formed families using surrogacy.
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.
