Pro-life group denounces US surrogacy association

(ANSA) - Rome, October 6 - Pro-life organisation ProVita on Tuesday filed a complaint to Milan prosecutors against an association facilitating the use by Italian heterosexual and homosexual couples and singles of surrogate mothers sourced through an Italian intermediary in the United States.
    The association said it had already received "death threats" for its action against the American association behind the practice that allegedly costs on average 100,000 euros per child. ProLife made the announcement during the presentation of amendments by the Area Popolare group of small centrist and Catholic parties to a bill on civil unions currently before the Senate justice commision. These include making surrogacy - which is outlawed in Italy - a universal crime to enable prosecution within Italy of its practice overseas.