Italian parliament approves bill to criminalise surrogacy abroad

Surrogacy is already illegal in Italy, while IVF is only available for heterosexual couples

The Italian parliament has approved a bill criminalising people who go abroad to have children via surrogacy, a measure described as a disgrace".

The bill, passed in the chamber of deputies with 166 votes in support and 109 against, is aimed only at Italians and envisages fines of up to 1m (856,690) and jail terms of up to two years for those who break it.