Yes, surrogacy can exploit women and their bodies. But like JD Vance, Italy's Giorgia Meloni is really just trying to impose her own conception of the family on everyone else.

Rights groups and opposition parties in Italy have condemned as “inhumane” a new ban on couples going abroad to have a baby through surrogacy. The new law, proposed by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s right-wing governing party,

The upper house Senate voted into law a bill proposed by Meloni's Brothers of Italy party by 84 votes to 58. The bill was already approved by the lower house last year. Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning.