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Towards a stricter ban on surrogacy in Italy?
by Dr Maria Chiara Errigo
Law surrounding surrogacy has become a political hot potato in Italy, where plans to criminalise those seeking surrogacy abroad are being considered by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's Parliament...