A group of Catholic members
of Premier Matteo Renzi's Democratic Party (PD) on Wednesday
filed an amendment extending the punishment against surrogate
parenthood to Italians who engage in this procedure abroad.
The amendment was presented to a bill regulating civil
unions, including same-sex ones, which some Catholic members of
the centre-right party oppose.
It states that "anyone who, in order to become mother or
father, uses the practice of surrogate maternity is punished
with a prison term of from three months to two years and with a
fine of from 600,000 euros to one million euros".
The amendment adds that Italians who have children
overseas are obliged to swear that the birth came about without
the used of surrogate maternity.
It also states that "whoever organises, aids or publicises
surrogate maternity should be punished a prison term of from six
to 12 years and with a fine of from 600,000 euros to one million
euros".
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