Lesbian mothers win legal status in Italy IVF ruling
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Italy's Constitutional Court Backs Female Same-Sex Parents in Ruling
Above: LGBT+ community members demonstrate on International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia in Rome on May 17, 2025. Image copyright: Simona Granati /Corbis via Getty Images
The Spin
Progressive narrative
The Constitutional Court’s ruling marks a historic victory for LGBT+ rights in Italy. The decision overturns decades-long discriminatory policies by allowing both women in a same-sex couple to be legally recognized as parents of children born to their partnership. With this victory, Italy takes a step in the right direction toward recognizing the rights of homoparental families across the country.
Conservative narrative
The Constitutional Court’s decision was nonsensical and unconstitutional. It propagates the lie that children can be born into any partnership other than that between a man and woman, and by supporting same-sex couples who use medically assisted procreation techniques, it cuts the father out of the child’s life altogether. This is blatantly unconstitutional, as it stands in clear violation of the minor’s rights.