❖ The Italian Senate recently passed a law-making surrogacy a “universal crime”.

❖ In Italy, surrogacy is already illegal, and has been since 2004.

❖ The new ban will make it a crime for Italians to access surrogacy abroad – even in countries where the practice is legal.

❖ It puts surrogacy on a par with genocide and crimes against humanity.

❖ In Greece, non-commercial surrogacy has been legal since 2002.

❖ Other countries, including France and Germany, prohibit surrogacy.