Homosexual mothers win battle for their children in Padua. The administrative court in this northeastern Italian city ruled that their children can have the names of both mothers mentioned on their birth certificates.
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With our correspondent in Rome, Anne Le Nir
The case dates back to June 2023, when the Padua public prosecutor’s office decided to challenge the birth certificates of 37 children of lesbian couples registered by the city since 2017.
This decision followed a circular from the Meloni government, ordering mayors to no longer register the non-biological parent on birth certificates, on the grounds that management by others and medically assisted procreation are prohibited for homosexuals and that unions Civil laws do not provide for the registration of birth certificates with the name of the intended mother or father.
Dozens of city councilors, however, refused to apply this directive and the parents of the 37 children filed an appeal with the Padua court, which has just rejected the prosecution’s request. This is therefore a first victory for these families.
But their battle is not over, because the prosecution or the Ministry of the Interior can appeal. Many other same-sex families are faced with the problem of refusal of recognition of the non-biological parent, because Parliament has still not filled the legal gap relating to the protection of minors born to couples of the same sex.
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