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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

(2,134 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.

Lovie777

(15,006 posts)
3. Didn't these women conceived, carry and gave birth to them?
Sun Jul 23, 2023, 09:20 AM
Jul 2023

The far right are truly some sick ass people.

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