Lesbian mothers win legal status in Italy IVF ruling

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<span>The ruling declared it unconstitutional for city registrars to deny recognition to both the biological mother and her partner who consented to medically assisted pregnancy and assumed parental responsibilities.</span

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The ruling declared it unconstitutional for city registrars to deny recognition to both the biological mother and her partner who consented to medically assisted pregnancy and assumed parental responsibilities.

<span>The decision effectively overturns parts of a 2004 law and challenges a 2023 Interior Ministry circular that had enforced stricter registration policies under Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's government.</span

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The decision effectively overturns parts of a 2004 law and challenges a 2023 Interior Ministry circular that had enforced stricter registration policies under Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's government.

<span>Non-biological mothers previously faced challenges including potential loss of access to their children if relationships ended and inability to make medical decisions without the biological parent's permission.</span

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Non-biological mothers previously faced challenges including potential loss of access to their children if relationships ended and inability to make medical decisions without the biological parent's permission.

<span>The court determined that refusing to recognize both mothers violates constitutional principles of equality and the child's right to maintain relationships with both parents and their extended families.</span

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The court determined that refusing to recognize both mothers violates constitutional principles of equality and the child's right to maintain relationships with both parents and their extended families.

<span>While the ruling addresses birth certificate recognition, it does not change Italy's restrictions on IVF or its ban on surrogacy, which was expanded in 2023 to criminalize Italians seeking surrogacy abroad.</span

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While the ruling addresses birth certificate recognition, it does not change Italy's restrictions on IVF or its ban on surrogacy, which was expanded in 2023 to criminalize Italians seeking surrogacy abroad.

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Italy’s Constitutional Court says 2 mothers can register as parents on birth certificates

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The Constitutional Court's decision undermines traditional family values and creates an existential falsehood by denying the fundamental truth that every child has a biological father. This ruling promotes adult desires over children's rights and will encourage more people to pursue medically assisted reproduction abroad, deliberately creating fatherless children. The court has overstepped its authority by legislating from the bench.

<span>The Constitutional Court's decision undermines traditional family values and creates an existential falsehood by denying the fundamental truth that every child has a biological father. This ruling promotes adult desires over children's rights and will encourage more people to pursue medically assisted reproduction abroad, deliberately creating fatherless children. The court has overstepped its authority by legislating from the bench.</span>

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Italy Court Backs Same-Sex Parents in Landmark Ruling

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