While some countries will issue birth certificates that feature two mothers or fathers, they are not recognised by countries like Italy, where surrogacy is illegal.
The European Commission’s proposal to require member states to recognize surrogacy as an acceptable form of parenthood disregards the best interest of children and fails to uphold the principle of subsidiarity.
Last year, the Spanish supreme court again condemned both surrogacy and attempts by Spaniards to sidestep their country’s legal and ethical rules by contracting surrogacy abroad.
