Gestation for others, a motion by the League to make it a crime

Gestation for others, “a violence to the detriment of women and children”: this is what Matteo Salvini thinks, announcing that, “as promised” “it is a motion from the League is ready to ask the government to undertake to oppose this practice, considering it a real crime to be prosecuted even if committed abroad by Italian citizens “.

Surrogacy (or gestation for others) is a form of assisted procreation in which a woman carries out the gestation on behalf of one or more people, who will be the parent or parents of the unborn child. The most common surrogacy is gestational, in which the surrogate mother is implanted in the uterus with an embryo made in vitro, genetically related to the commissioning or donor parents.

At the moment surrogacy, as confirmed by many sentences of the Cassation, it does not constitute a crime if it is carried out abroad. In addition to Italy, Spain, France and Germany are also among the countries that prohibit all forms of gestation for others. In Ireland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Belgium and the Czech Republic, there is no legislation that recognizes surrogacy: paternity cannot be transferred to the commissioning parents. In the UK surrogacy is legal, limited to UK citizens, and is only allowed free of charge. Portugal allows gestation for other altruistic for heterosexual couples with medical needs. In Ukraine and Russia, however, it is legal to pay a surrogate mother to benefit from the service.

Last year, in Italy, it was filed the proposed law of the Luca Coscioni Association on gestation for others “solidarity”, carried out without any compensation, “because only a law can stem all forms of abuse and illegality, avoiding discrimination and violation of fundamental rights. The aim is to avoid situations of regulatory uncertainty and provide full protection to the rights of all those involved and, in particular, to minors born as a result of this path, even abroad, following the application of the law. foreign “.

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