- cross-posted to:
- worldnews@kbin.social
- cross-posted to:
- worldnews@kbin.social
While same-sex civil unions have been legal in the country since 2016, same-sex couples do not have the right to adopt, thanks in part to opposition from the Catholic Church. Surrogacy remains illegal in Italy and there are restrictions that prevent the adoption of “stepchildren” by one parent. Medically assisted reproduction, like in vitro fertilization (IVF), is only available to heterosexual couples.
The US is actually pretty progressive on the LGBTQ front compared to the rest of the world outside of Northern Europe, I’d even go as far as to say the coastal states are some of the best places for LGBTQ folks in terms of culture in the world.
Woah that is news to me 😳! You have some sort of source for that so I can include it when I tell other people this?
Yeah sure,
Even from the entire country perspective.
Top 6: https://www.equaldex.com/equality-index
Top 25: https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/publications/global-acceptance-index-lgbt/