Surrogate motherhood: to find out more

A lot of literature is available concerning assisted maternity, although in Italy little more has been written since law 40/2004 passed concerning medically assisted reproduction. Among the various Italian essays from both legal and ethical points of view, we recommend:

Giuseppe Cassano, Le nuove frontiere del diritto di famiglia. Il diritto a nascere sani, la maternità surrogata, la fecondazione artificiale eterologa, Giuffré, 2000 (Published in Italian)

Ines Corti, La maternità per sostituzione, Giuffré, 2000 (Published in Italian)

Carla Faralli e Cecilia Cortesi, Nuove maternità. Riflessioni bioetiche al femminile, Diabasis, 2005 (Published in Italian)

Alicia B. Faraoni, La maternità surrogata. La natura del fenomeno, gli aspetti giuridici, le prospettive di disciplina, Giuffré, 2002 (Published in Italian)

Some interesting food for thought concerning surrogate maternity is also contained in:

Chiara Lalli, Buoni genitori. Storie di mamme e di papà gay, Il Saggiatore, 2009 (Published in Italian)

The Menzione-Lollini law firm, with offices in Pisa and Rome, is one of the specialised law firms that offer information and assistance.

EZIO MENZIONE, born in 1947, lives and works in Pisa. A criminal lawyer, he was on various occasions the Chairman of Pisa’s Criminal Chamber and defence attorney for many trials of nation-wide importance. He has been dealing with minorities’ rights for many years, especially where sexual orientation is concerned. He has published many articles and essays on the subject as well as a 1996 book called “Homosexuals’ rights”. He regularly takes part in conventions and seminars on the subject of minorities. He speaks fluent English.

SUSANNA LOLLINI, a lawyer dealing mostly with civil matters and family rights in particular was born in 1957 and lives and works in Rome. She is part of the Legal Group of the Associazione Famigie Arcobaleno (Italian Rainbow Families Association) where she has been dealing with matters concerning homosexual parenthood for years. She has been working with assisted maternity since 2000.

For more info please contact the Menzione-Lollini law firm.