The child, aged nearly four, was born through surrogacy, which is illegal in Italy.
The adoption request was filed in March in consideration of serious health problems on the part of the biological father.
In March, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s right-wing government drew criticism from the opposition and human rights activists after it instructed city mayors to stop registering the children of same-sex couples.
The government used a procedure based on the transcription into Italian civic registers of the foreign birth certificates of children conceived via surrogacy or assisted fertility, which is only available to heterosexual couples in Italy, citing a ruling by the Court of Cassation, Italy’s highest court.
Meloni’s Brothers of Italy (FdI) party has also presented a bill currently before parliament making surrogacy a universal crime.
This means that it would be punishable by law even if committed abroad, but only for Italian citizens.
ANSA
