In Milan, the government’s fight against the recognition of children born from PMA or GPA

A news that sounds like one of the first acts against civil rights since the election of Giorgia Meloni. In Milan, a prefectural decree asks the municipality to no longer register the birth certificates of children born to homosexual couples. He warns that otherwise these acts would be annulled by the Public Prosecutor’s Office, as reported by the Italian press.

In Italy, the birth certificates of children born to GPA or PMA abroad will no longer be automatically registered

In particular, it concerns the birth certificates of children born abroad from GPA or PMA and recognized by their parents. From now on, these acts will require the approval of a judge, whereas previously a birth was directly transmitted and validated by the civil state. PMA and GPA for gay and lesbian couples being prohibited in Italy, the latter resort to it abroad.

The circular from Renato Saccone, prefect of Milan, is not limited to this: it also gives the right interfere in the recognition of the marital status of children of lesbian couples, even if born on Italian soil. Only the parent who has a biological link with the child can be indicated on the birth certificate. The text also provides for the cancellation of birth certificates established abroad of children born from surrogacy (GPA).

An act resulting from the absence of a legislator for homoparental families, despite repeated requests from the Constitutional Court, according to the mayor of Milan, Beppe Sala. In front of the associations fighting for LGBTQI rights, he promised that he would give the government of Giorgia Meloni a ” political battle “against this decision that” it concerns hundreds of Milanese families “.

However, according to the Italian newspaper Linkiesta, the mayor had to give in to pressure from the Meloni government. ” We know how hard this government is working to remove any minimum citizenship rights for same-sex families in Italy “, Alessia Crocini, president of the Rainbow Families association, which defends the rights of LGBT parents in Italy, told the newspaper.