German Lawmaker Faces Criticism for US Surrogacy to Have a Child
The couple said U.S. regulations protecting women helped drive the decision, as CDU members criticized the move and Germany keeps surrogacy illegal.
- On Friday, Jens Spahn, chairman of the CDU parliamentary group, faced criticism after reports confirmed he and his husband had a son via a surrogate in the United States, despite the practice being illegal in Germany.
- According to Bild, the surrogate was four months pregnant when Spahn voted in February to uphold Germany's ban on surrogacy, creating friction between his private actions and the CDU's strict legislative stance.
- Daniel Peters, leader of the CDU in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, demanded Spahn's resignation on Friday, calling it "completely unacceptable" to vote one way as a lawmaker and "act quite differently as a private individual."
- While Chancellor Friedrich Merz publicly congratulated Spahn on Friday, Hubert Hueppe, head of the CDU's group for older members, told Der Spiegel he was "personally shocked" by the decision.
- Government commissioner Sophie Koch, from the SPD, acknowledged the desire for children while criticizing commercial surrogacy, highlighting ongoing tensions regarding the party's strict family policy stance.
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Can a conservative politician, whose party opposes surrogacy, use a surrogate mother abroad because the practice is illegal in his own country? This is the controversy currently gripping Germany. Jens Spahn, the chairman of the Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union (CDU/CSU) parliamentary group, and his husband Daniel Funke are the targets of hateful comments online and criticism within their own party, where they are accused of hypo…
Jens Spahn had rejected the legalization of the rented uterus when he was Minister of Health. In the party increased demands for resignation
German lawmaker faces criticism for US surrogacy to have a child
A prominent member of Chancellor Friedrich Merz's centre-right party came under fire on Friday for having a child through a surrogate pregnancy in the United States, despite the practice being illegal in Germany.
The CDU leader announced that a U.S. leader had a child for him and his husband. The good news is followed by a controversy. Especially from the CDU there are now even demands for resignation. The party is opposed to the model.
Following the resignation of the President of the Union Jens Spahn (CDU) for a surrogate motherhood, Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU) wants to work on the issue within the party. He does not see that the current legal situation on surrogate motherhood is "to be changed," said Merz in Brühl on Friday. "And we will discuss everything else at the next meeting of the CDU's Presidium of Germany." The meeting is scheduled for Monday. Spahn himself defe…
Double morale or just private happiness? Jens Spahn has to justify his founding of a family. With a surrogate motherhood in the USA he deliberately circumvented German law.
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