A proposal to make surrogacy a universal crime was deposited at the Italian Courts (Cassazione) on Monday.

In collaboration with the party LEGA and its secretary, Matteo Salvini, CitizenGO Italy was one of the first signatories of the proposal.

In a social media posting, a spokesperson said they will now begin a “citizen awareness campaign to get to the parliamentary debate”.

“After months of work, this event is the beginning of a path that will help us to eradicate the aberrant practice of surrogacy. After Spain, we want Italy too to enforce the right of women not to be commodified and the right of every child not to be sold as a common object”, the spokesperson added.