The Local Italy https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Italy won't recognize gay couple as dads to surrogate babies: top court Couples who seek surrogacy abroad won't be able to register themselves as co-parents to their children in Italy, the country's highest court has ruled. https://www.thelocal.it/20190509/italy-wont-recognize-gay-couples-as-dads-to-surrogate-babies-top-court Thu, 09 May 2019 13:59:42 +0200 italy-wont-recognize-gay-couples-as-dads-to-surrogate-babies-top-court Italian woman returns mixed-race baby to surrogate After faking a pregnancy to fool her family, an Italian woman discovered a baby she bought from a young Romanian was of mixed race and gave it back three days later, Italian media said on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.it/20170429/italian-woman-returns-mixed-race-baby-to-surrogate Sat, 29 Apr 2017 16:46:23 +0200 italian-woman-returns-mixed-race-baby-to-surrogate In landmark ruling, Italy recognizes gay couple as dads to surrogate babies For the first time in Italy, two gay partners have been legally recognized as fathers of two surrogate children. https://www.thelocal.it/20170228/gay-couple-officially-dads-of-surrogate-child-after-landmark-ruling Tue, 28 Feb 2017 16:57:38 +0100 gay-couple-officially-dads-of-surrogate-child-after-landmark-ruling Italy MPs want couples who use surrogate mums jailed Italy's upcoming parliamentary battle over gay civil unions has opened with a group of senators proposing prison terms for couples who use overseas surrogate mothers to have a child. https://www.thelocal.it/20160121/italys-left-wing-catholics-seek-jail-terms-for-those-who-use-surrogate-mums Thu, 21 Jan 2016 15:40:53 +0100 italys-left-wing-catholics-seek-jail-terms-for-those-who-use-surrogate-mums 'Surrogacy is like a sex crime': Italy minister Italy's acrimonious debate over gay civil unions intensified on Thursday after the interior minister suggested the use of paid surrogate mothers should be treated like a sex crime. https://www.thelocal.it/20160107/outrage-as-alfano-calls-to-make-surrogacy-a-sex-crime Thu, 07 Jan 2016 14:02:33 +0100 outrage-as-alfano-calls-to-make-surrogacy-a-sex-crime Child taken from couple who paid surrogate Italy's supreme court has ruled that a baby born to a surrogate mother in Ukraine cannot be kept by the Italian couple who paid for it and must be put up for adoption, Italian media reports said Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20141112/child-taken-from-couple-who-paid-surrogate Wed, 12 Nov 2014 15:07:00 +0100 child-taken-from-couple-who-paid-surrogate