Israel abolished ban on same-sex couples and single males becoming parents through surrogacy on Tuesday, upholding a Supreme Court ruling that the ban should be lifted.
‘Today is a historic day for Israel’s LGBTQ battle,’ Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz stated at a press conference, revealing that the ministry had issued a circular allowing equal access to surrogacy pregnancy for all.
For years, Israel’s LGBTQ+ community has pushed for the right to surrogacy, which is already available to heterosexual couples and single women.
In July, the Supreme Court declared that the surrogacy prohibition for same-sex couples and single men violated human rights and that it must be overturned within six months, following a petition by gay rights groups.
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