In Italy, the government causes lesbians to lose their motherhood status

The offensive of the post-fascist Georgia Meloni government against the civil rights of the Italian LGBTQI+ communities is increasingly worrying.

From the end of June, in Padua, in northern Italy, 27 lesbian couples have the son receive a letter from the public prosecutor depriving him of family rights: the modification of the birth certificates which show the names of the two mothers is ordered. That of the one who is not the biological mother should be cancelled, reports the local newspaper. Courier of the Veneto.

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These are all over 33 children who are interested. These various cases are expected to be tried in November. Because concretely, with this new procedure, the mother who is no longer recognized as such no longer has legal authority over the child. For example, she will not be able to sign a vaccination form, travel alone with it, report it chat. Worse still, if an accident befalls the biological mother, these children could become orphans and thus be placed.

In Milan they stop registering the birth certificates of same-sex couples

The government had been preparing the ground for many months. In early 2023, a circular sent out by the government asked mayors to no longer automatically register the births of children born with PMA or GPA born abroad, especially to same-sex couples.

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In March, Milan followed suit. Council has announced it will stop listing non-biological parents on birth certificates, for both fathers and mothers, and that this will now require a judge’s approval. This decree warned that, otherwise, such acts would be annulled by the Public Prosecutor’s Office.

In Bergamo, then, the court formalized its decision in April a withdraw the name of the non-biological mother of a nine-month-old baby. However, the birth certificate, with the names of the two mothers, was registered without incident by the city’s registrar’s office in August 2022, he said. chat.

In Italy there is no clear legal framework regarding the children of same-sex couples

A vice that is possible because in Italy, if marriage between same-sex couples has been legal since 2016, adoption, or recourse to the GPA and PMA remain prohibited.

However, these couples can apply for them abroad and the absence of national legislation allows certain couples who have carried out these procedures abroad to obtain Italian birth certificates.

But this right is now in danger, and the Italian government does not seem to want to stop there. For several weeks the Italian Parliament has been evaluating a law that could punished with two years of imprisonment couples using surrogacy abroad.

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