- cross-posted to:
- worldnews@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- worldnews@lemmy.world
While same-sex civil unions have been legal in the country since 2016, same-sex couples do not have the right to adopt, thanks in part to opposition from the Catholic Church. Surrogacy remains illegal in Italy and there are restrictions that prevent the adoption of “stepchildren” by one parent. Medically assisted reproduction, like in vitro fertilization (IVF), is only available to heterosexual couples.
wut
the US is very progressive — what sucks is that it’s on a state-by-state basis so it’s at the same time very conservative lol
but places like the west coast and northeast are very forward. Philadelphia for example has a whole gayborhood filled with gay bars and the most obnoxious LGBT people you’ve ever met