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Italy’s court says 2 mothers can register as parents on birth certificates
- On Thursday, Italy’s highest court decided that both partners in same-sex couples who have children through IVF must be listed as mothers on the birth certificate, regardless of biological connection.
- This decision followed years of legal gaps and conflicts, as Italy bans surrogacy and restricts assisted reproduction for same-sex couples, leaving some children unrecognized if born abroad.
- Lawyer Michele Giarratano called the ruling 'historic,' noting it addresses discrimination and protects children's interests and parental responsibility in families with two mothers.
- Opposition leader Elly Schlein described the ruling as a 'heavy political defeat' for Giorgia Meloni's hard-right government, which extended surrogacy bans and targeted LGBT families politically.
- The ruling effectively becomes law, potentially improving legal recognition and rights for children with same-sex parents, though advocates urge politicians to enact broader protections beyond the courts.
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It is true that the interest of the minor, albeit central, is not an interest, that will always and in any case prevail. However, in the case of this species, there is no counterinterest of such weight as to require and justify a compression of the right of the minor to be recognized as his own state of child (of the intentional mother) automatically from the time of birth. Moreover, the inertia of the legislator, which has been prolonged for ye…
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