🇮🇹 Italy has passed a law banning surrogacy tourism
Surrogacy has been banned in the Apennines since 2004. Violators face imprisonment from three months to two years and a fine of 600,000 to 1 million euros.
To avoid problems at home, many Italians travelled to countries where surrogacy is allowed. Now they will no longer be able to use this right.
The Italian Senate has introduced a ban on surrogacy for couples who have resorted to this practice abroad. Henceforth, their actions will be qualified as a ‘universal offence’ and Italian couples who have used surrogacy services may be prosecuted.
Notably, the Vatican has insisted on recognising surrogacy, ‘a form of slavery and exploitation’ of the female body, as a universal crime. Human rights activists called the law ‘medieval’. The innovation was also criticised by Italian opposition parties.
#Italy
Surrogacy has been banned in the Apennines since 2004. Violators face imprisonment from three months to two years and a fine of 600,000 to 1 million euros.
To avoid problems at home, many Italians travelled to countries where surrogacy is allowed. Now they will no longer be able to use this right.
The Italian Senate has introduced a ban on surrogacy for couples who have resorted to this practice abroad. Henceforth, their actions will be qualified as a ‘universal offence’ and Italian couples who have used surrogacy services may be prosecuted.
Notably, the Vatican has insisted on recognising surrogacy, ‘a form of slavery and exploitation’ of the female body, as a universal crime. Human rights activists called the law ‘medieval’. The innovation was also criticised by Italian opposition parties.
#Italy