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Italy recognizes surrogacy as a “universal crime”: symbolic measure or first step towards a global ban?

Author / Source : EIB Published on : 29/10/2024 News Temps de lecture : 2 min.

On October 16, 2024, the Italian Senate voted to extend the criminalization of surrogate motherhood to include the “crime of surrogate motherhood committed abroad by an Italian citizen”. From now on, Italian nationals who use a surrogate mother abroad will also be liable to a penalty of up to two years' imprisonment and a €1 million fine. By describing surrogacy as a “universal crime”, the Italian senators have expressed their desire for global condemnation of...