Controversy after Baby News: Criticism of Spahn because of surrogacy abroad
In 2015, the magazine “GQ” Spahn, then health policy spokesman of the Union group, had quoted with the words: As a gay man and Christian
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In 2015, the magazine “GQ” Spahn, then health policy spokesman of the Union group, had quoted with the words: As a gay man and Christian, I personally can only make friends with the idea of a rented mother belly. Spahn’s previous position on the topic of Spahn was Federal Minister of Health from 2018 to 2021 – the Embryo Protection Act, where the ban on surrogacy is regulated, fell within his area of competence. After the announcement of his parenthood, criticism of Union faction leader Jens Spahn increases, because the CDU politician and his husband have used the help of a surrogate mother in the USA.
Furthermore, There are also critical voices within the Union – the CDU had decided at its Federal Party Congress in February that it adheres to the ban on surrogacy. It is not good when politicians with power and money disregard it. At the “mirror” Hüppe showed himself “personally shocked”. The women’s policy spokeswoman for the left-wing parliamentary group in the Bundestag, Kathrin Gebel, told the RND that political standards should apply even if one’s own life is affected.
In addition, Home Politics Germany Controversy after Baby-News : Criticism of Spahn because of surrogacy abroad The CDU is strictly against an approval of surrogacy.
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In 2015, the magazine “GQ” Spahn, then health policy spokesman of the Union group, had quoted with the words: As a gay man and Christian, I personally can only make friends with the idea of a rented mother belly.
reliability low1/2 sourcesSpahn’s previous position on the topic of Spahn was Federal Minister of Health from 2018 to 2021 – the Embryo Protection Act, where the ban on surrogacy is regulated, fell within his area of competence.
reliability low1/2 sourcesAfter the announcement of his parenthood, criticism of Union faction leader Jens Spahn increases, because the CDU politician and his husband have used the help of a surrogate mother in the USA.
reliability low1/2 sourcesThere are also critical voices within the Union – the CDU had decided at its Federal Party Congress in February that it adheres to the ban on surrogacy.
reliability low1/2 sourcesIt is not good when politicians with power and money disregard it. At the “mirror” Hüppe showed himself “personally shocked”.
reliability low1/2 sourcesThe women’s policy spokeswoman for the left-wing parliamentary group in the Bundestag, Kathrin Gebel, told the RND that political standards should apply even if one’s own life is affected.
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Home Politics Germany Controversy after Baby-News : Criticism of Spahn because of surrogacy abroad The CDU is strictly against an approval of surrogacy.
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