German Parliament Conservative Bloc Leader Resigns for Surrogate Pregnancy Child
The surrogate pregnancy is illegal in Germany, and Jens Spahn has so far defended it in accordance with the criteria of Chancellor Merz's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party.
Jens Spahn , leader of the parliamentary group of the German coalition CDU and CSU, has resignedas a result of a dispute over his paternity as it has recently become known that Spahn and her husband , Daniel Funke, have become parents of a child by surrogate pregnancy in the United States, which has led to a major controversy and has finally resigned this Saturday.
"In the last few days I have become aware that my personal happiness in creating a family with my husband is incompatible with my political office, "Spahn wrote in a letter sent to various German media." The contradiction between my private decision to have a baby through a rental belly and understandable attitudes in me as the leader of our parliamentary group has become greater than I expected, "he added.
Surrogate pregnancy is illegal in Germanyand has always opposed the legalization of the CDU/CSU, which has always been within the Spahn party.
"Pure doctrine is one thing, life is another, "Spahn said in his first public statement since the debate began, in a podcast by Paul Ronzheimer, editor-in-chief of the Bild.
Spahn, who was Minister of Health between 2018 and 2021, was responsible, among other things, for the embryonic protection law, which states that the use of surrogate pregnancy is prohibited, and in that debate, she was always against legalization.
Spahn has been accused of having "double standards" after learning that his father has been on that path, and there have been several requests for resignations within the CDU.
Merz said Spahn's resignation was a "correct and inevitable" decision: "Jens Spahn has informed me that he is resigning from the leadership of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group.