Meloni’s surrogacy ban sparks immediate backlash in Italy – POLITICO

After the vote, Meloni called the law a “common sense rule against the exploitation of the female body and children.” She said, “Human life is priceless and is not a commodity.”

While Meloni has done that projected a moderate image abroad; on the domestic front, critics say she is trying to appease supporters of the hard-right core with policies driven by identity politics.

Opponents of the law say it is part of a campaign to denigrate the reproductive rights of LGBTQ+ couples, who are barred from adopting or using in vitro fertilization in the country.

Alessia Crocini, president of Rainbow Families, a group that supports LGBTQ+ parents, said in a statement that it was an “ideological law” that was part of “a right-wing crusade against diverse families.”

Filomena Gallo of the Luca Coscioni Association, which promotes civil rights, said the law is “useless and even harmful, if the aim is to protect people and prevent exploitation” and threatens the rights of children already born through surrogacy. The group has proposed an almost certainly useless alternative law that would legalize nonprofit surrogacy.

During Wednesday’s debate, Ilaria Cucchi, a senator from the Green and Left Alliance, said: “This is an inhumane act against parents and children, which only fuels stigmatization and discrimination.”