Last week, almost two years to the day that Meloni's far-right government came to power, parliament approved the west's most restrictive law against international surrogacy. Under the terms of the law, which makes surrogacy the universal crime Meloni had campaigned for, couples who go abroad to have a baby via surrogacy risk up to two years in jail and fines of between 600,000 and 1m.
When I explained the condition and asked her Why won't you let me become a mother?', she seemed open to wanting to evaluate surrogacy in certain situations, and we both agreed that women shouldn't be exploited and that the service should be voluntary, Giardini said.
Meloni, who refers to surrogacy using the derogatory term utero in affitto (womb for rent), had described it that year as an abomination that sought to reduce human life to a bargaining chip.
The moment she became prime minister [in 2022] she pushed ahead with this inhumane and wicked law without any consultation with the people it affects, Giardini said.
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