Germany's Surrogacy Laws: Bigotry or Pragmatism?

Germany prohibits surrogacy but accepts children born via surrogacy abroad, a policy that medical lawyer Oliver Tolmein describes as potentially bigoted or pragmatically elegant. The debate intensified after CDU politician Jens Spahn and his husband had a child via surrogacy in the USA. Tolmein questions whether the state infringes on women's self-determination by banning surrogacy and how consistently it should limit freedoms. The discussion pits self-determination against commercial interests.