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At the aforesaid time, LGBTQ groups accidental that the existent blimpish authorities is making beingness harder for them. (Representational record photo)
Same-sex civilian unions successful Italy roseate successful 2023 to a six-year high, the country’s nationalist statistic bureau said connected Friday, but astatine the aforesaid clip LGBTQ groups accidental the existent blimpish authorities is making beingness harder for them.
There were 3,019 same-sex unions past year, ISTAT said, a 7.3% year-on-year increase. It was the highest fig since 2017, the archetypal afloat twelvemonth aft same-sex partnerships were legalised nether a centre-left administration.
It was inactive a tiny fig compared with the much than 184,000 weddings – which are allowed lone for heterosexual couples – successful 2023, and astir 82,000 separations and 80,000 divorces, information showed.
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni won powerfulness successful 2022 astatine the helm of a right-wing conjugation pursuing run pledges to support accepted household values and combat against what she and her allies telephone the LGBT lobby. Since then, her authorities has sought to halt section authorities from registering some parents for the children of same-sex parents and parliament past period approved a measure making it amerciable for immoderate mates to spell overseas to person a babe via surrogacy.
These changes person been applauded by Christian blimpish groups and criticised by the centre-left absorption and LGBT rights activists, who spot the surrogacy prohibition arsenic picking peculiarly connected same-sex couples.
Italy legalised same-sex civilian unions successful 2016, overriding absorption from Catholic and blimpish groups, but did not springiness them adoption rights.
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