Italian government tells Milan to stop registering same-sex couples' children


FILE PHOTO: Italy's Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, attends the European leaders summit in Brussels, Belgium, February 9, 2023. REUTERS/Yves Herman

MILAN (Reuters) - Italy's right-wing government has told Milan's city council to stop registering same-sex parents' children, re-igniting a debate around Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's conservative agenda.

Italy legalised same-sex civil unions in 2016, overriding opposition from Catholic and conservative groups, yet it fell short of giving them adoption rights, fearing that it would encourage surrogate pregnancies, which remain illegal.

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