Merz picks chancellery chief to lead German conservatives after surrogacy row
Thorsten Frei would take over a Bundestag group shaken by Jens Spahn's resignation over a surrogate birth in the United States.
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German CDU leader Spahn quits over surrogacy his party opposes
The parliamentary group chief fathered a son through a surrogate in the United States while his own party fought to keep the practice illegal at home.
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German parliamentary leader Spahn faces backlash over surrogate baby
In 2015, writing in the magazine GQ, he said that as a gay man and a Christian he could hardly warm to the idea of a "rented womb".
‘Double standards’: German CDU MP and gay partner’s child sparks debate on surrogacy
A German MP and his husband have announced the birth of their first child – born in the US, supposedly to a surrogate mother.
Greece bans surrogacy for homosexual male couples and single men
Greek justice minister Giorgos Floridis has announced that single men and male couples in same-sex relationships will no longer be allowed to have children through…
Italy approves bill criminalising surrogate motherhood
Italian lawmakers have approved a bill making surrogate motherhood a "universal crime".
‘Uterus renting is inhuman,’ says Italy PM Meloni
Surrogate parenthood is an "inhuman" practice that treats children as "supermarket products," Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said, urging Parliament to…
The Catholic Church and surrogacy: Why Pope Francis is speaking out so loudly on wombs for rent
Pope Francis is making the Church's stand on surrogacy a central issue of his papacy.
Artificial wombs are about to be with us: This could transform the abortion debate
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Surrogacy in Italy: Meloni’s ‘universal crime’
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has called surrogacy a “universal crime”.