Italian town refuses to register baby born to woman in same-sex relationship

A woman has claimed authorities in the Italian city of Turin have refused to register her newborn baby, conceived abroad by artificial insemination, due to Italian laws that make fertility treatments available only to heterosexual couples.

In a Facebook post, Chiara Foglietta - a Turin councillor - said she and her partner Micaela Ghisleni tried to register their son, Niccolo Pietro, after his birth last Friday.