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Phil01

(189 posts)
Sun Jul 23, 2023, 09:06 AM Jul 2023

Italy starts removing lesbian mothers' names from children's birth certificates (CNN)

Italy starts removing lesbian mothers’ names from children’s birth certificates
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/07/21/europe/italy-lesbian-couples-birth-certificates-scli-intl/index.html

The northern Italian city of Padua has started removing the names of non-biological gay mothers from their children’s birth certificates under new legislation passed by the “traditional family-first” government of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.

These birth certificates belong to 33 children of Italian women who underwent artificial insemination abroad and then registered their children under the city’s center-left government, led by Sergio Giordani, in 2017.

The prosecutor’s office in Padua confirmed to CNN that, as of Thursday, 27 mothers had been removed from 27 birth certificates.

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Italy starts removing lesbian mothers' names from children's birth certificates (CNN) (Original Post) Phil01 Jul 2023 OP
The return of the fascist right. J_William_Ryan Jul 2023 #1
O m g nt LittleGirl Jul 2023 #2
Didn't these women conceived, carry and gave birth to them? Lovie777 Jul 2023 #3
I got the impression this was the partner's name woodsprite Jul 2023 #4
JHFC! JustAnotherGen Jul 2023 #5
I wonder what the Italian Catholic church position on this is. Marcus IM Jul 2023 #6

J_William_Ryan

(3,405 posts)
1. The return of the fascist right.
Sun Jul 23, 2023, 09:13 AM
Jul 2023

And we’ll see such manifestations of fascism in other countries controlled by the right.

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