Italy outlaws overseas surrogacy for residents

Oct. 17 (UPI) -- Italian lawmakers passed a law on Wednesday making it illegal for couples to travel to the United States and other countries to circumvent Italy's ban on surrogacy to conceive a child.

Backed by Italy's governing far-right party, legislators voted 84-58 in Italy's Senate, backing the conservative agenda of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, the country's first woman leader.

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