Senior Merz ally resigns after coming under pressure in Germany over surrogate baby
Party critics said the move damaged the CDU’s credibility after Spahn and his husband became parents through a surrogate mother in the United States.
- Jens Spahn resigned as Chairman of The CDU and CSU parliamentary group after having a baby via a surrogate in the United States, conflicting with his party's opposition to Surrogacy.
- While Surrogacy is banned in Germany, it remains legal for Germans to parent children born via surrogates abroad. The CDU and CSU reaffirmed opposition to Surrogacy during a party conference in February.
- "I wrestled with myself for a long time, including on the subject of Surrogacy. I was torn for a long time," Spahn told the Bild on Friday. Regional party head Daniel Peters argued Spahn was unfit to lead.
- In his resignation letter, Spahn wrote that personal happiness as a father is "incompatible with my political office." He confirmed he would discuss his position with members of his parliamentary group.
- Chancellor Friedrich Merz stated the story affects many people "in all its dimensions — human, legal, social and ethical," adding he sees no reason for law changes. Strict Surrogacy prohibitions also exist in France, Spain, and under Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's government.
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The president of the Christian Democratic caucus in the Bundestag, Jens Span, resigned today due to the scandal with surrogate mother services in the United States of America (USA), as this practice is prohibited in Germany, Deutsche Welle (DW) reports.
Jens Spahn during a collective interview on November 3, 2021 Markus Schreiber / AFP The leader of the German Conservative MPs, Jens Spahn, resigned on Saturday (18) after facing criticisms within the party itself for having had a son with her husband through a surrogate pregnancy in the United States, prohibited practice in Germany. In the last few days, I realized that my personal happiness, which consists in building a family with my husband a…
(Brussels=Yonhap News) Correspondent Hyun Yun-kyung = In Germany, where surrogacy is banned, a prominent politician came under fire for having a son via surrogacy in the United States, and ultimately...
On Wednesday, German politician Jens Spahn announced that he and his husband had become parents. On Instagram, he posted a picture of the couple with a stroller and the text "We are family." Now he is forced to resign.
Jens Spahn and her husband had their child in the USA, while surrogacy is prohibited in Germany.
The conservative leader resigns after revealing that he formed a family through surrogacy in the United States, a practice banned in his country and criticized internally by his party
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