
UPDATE: German Politician Steps Down, Defending His Personal Surrogacy Deal
The Bundestag’s Jens Spahn was hearing calls for him to quit after he used a U.S. surrogate mother abroad, contradicting the stance he took while a health minister.

The Bundestag’s Jens Spahn was hearing calls for him to quit after he used a U.S. surrogate mother abroad, contradicting the stance he took while a health minister.

One CDU Bundestag member emphasized that “a voter vote should be taken very seriously.”

The CDU Stuttgart conference decided to push for the abolition of sick notes issued over the telephone, citing concerns over growing absenteeism.

Promoting the ‘self-determination of women’—and written to oppose ‘any form of forced veiling’—a new measure is likely to cause controversy.