German conservative parliamentary leader resigns over surrogate baby controversy

Jens Spahn, the parliamentary leader of German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's CDU faction, has resigned following pressure over his use of a U.S. surrogate mother. France 24 reports that Spahn and his husband welcomed the child earlier this week — in a move that contradicts Germany's domestic surrogacy ban and sparked accusations of hypocrisy and double standards.

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