Politician from Germany’s Ruling Party Resigns Amid Criticism Over Use of Surrogacy
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German center-right politician Jens Spahn has resigned as head of the parliamentary group of conservatives, the ruling coalition in Germany, following accusations of hypocrisy over using a surrogate mother in the US to have a child.
Surrogacy is banned in Germany, a policy supported by his Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and one that Spahn himself supported several years ago, although raising a child born via surrogacy abroad is not prohibited. In a statement released today, he wrote: „I have realized that my personal happiness, to start a family together with my husband and become a father, is not compatible with my political calling,“ reports the BBC. Chancellor Friedrich Merz, head of the
