Status and protection for children born of surrogacy: Reflections after Cass., Sec. Un., december 30, 2022, no. 38162
The recent ruling of the United Sections answers the question of whether child status can be recognized with respect to the non-genetic intending parent. This is a complex issue for several reasons: (a) The law provides for surrogacy (surrogate motherhood) as a crime, but this provision is not accom...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | Italian |
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Serra
2023
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Il diritto ecclesiastico
Year: 2023, Volume: 134, Issue: 3, Pages: 663-672 |
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| Summary: | The recent ruling of the United Sections answers the question of whether child status can be recognized with respect to the non-genetic intending parent. This is a complex issue for several reasons: (a) The law provides for surrogacy (surrogate motherhood) as a crime, but this provision is not accompanied by any provision on the status of the child born from this practice; the law does not regulate the fate of the child born despite the prohibition; b) If surrogacy takes place abroad in accordance with the Foreign Law by Italian citizens, such practice cannot be considered a crime in our legal system: the incriminating norm does not intercept conduct committed outside the territory of the State. The typical fact of surrogacy of motherhood is connoted by a strong rootedness to the national territory; (c) opposing interests are confronted: on the one hand, the need to safeguard the guiding principles of the Italian legal system in a matter of relevant ethical sensitivity and one that brings into play the fundamental value of human dignity, and specifically, of women: the rationale of the incriminating rule on surrogacy is the protection of women’s dignity, and the fundamental value of human dignity. On the one hand, the need to safeguard human dignity, and on the other hand, the need to protect the interests of the child born despite the ban on surrogacy by surrogacy. |
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| ISSN: | 2035-3545 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Il diritto ecclesiastico
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.19272/202330803013 |