A two -year -old girl is the small town of Cosenza officially recognized as the daughter of two women. Mary admire and Melina Merli were unite civilly On August 20, 2021 in Altomonte (Cosenza). Today the mayor of Cosenza Franz Caruso has executed the recent sentence of the Consulta of 22 May lastthe n.68, which declared the current legislation that prevented the intentional mother – that is the partner of the woman who gave birth – to be recognized as the mother of the child, even in cases where both women had expressed a conscious and shared consent to path of medically assisted procreation, although carried out abroad.
Therefore, the two -year -old woman and two -year -old girl gave birth to Melina was noted on the birth certificate as an intentional mother. The next step that the two will undertake, followed by the lawyer Mariafrancesca Colista, will also be attributed to the little girl the surname of the intentional mother in front of the judicial authority. “The same legal process is currently denied to pairs of men – said the two women – So we will continue to fight so that all their daughter, their rights, are recognized to all children. These are battles of legality and civilizations that we must carry on all together ».