A state prosecutor in northern Italy has demanded the cancellation of 33 birth certificates of children born to lesbian couples dating back to 2017, saying the name of the nonbiological mother should be removed.
Italy legalized same-sex civil unions in 2016 under a center-left government, but stopped short of giving couples full adoption rights, fearing that it would encourage surrogate pregnancies, which remain illegal.
However, the prosecutor of Padua, Valeria Sanzari, opened a legal case this month, saying that 33 birth certificates signed by the city mayor since 2017 should be changed, with the name of the nonbiological mother removed.The prosecutor’s initiative outraged Italy’s LGBTQ community. Removing the name of a parent from a birth certificate creates both bureaucratic hurdles and emotional strains.
To regain her parenting rights, the nonbiological mother has to go through a lengthy and expensive special adoption procedure.“In Italy, marriage is only between a man and a woman, and therefore only the biological parent is the parent whose surname can be registered,” Luca Ciriani, the minister for parliamentary relations, told RTL radio on Tuesday.
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