Serbia By artificial fertilization, the fiancée of the Prime Minister was a mother

The Serbian Prime Minister's couple gave birth to a baby on Wednesday, which the government described as an unprecedented event in world politics, in a country that does not recognize civil unions or same-bad marriages.

Dr. Milica Djurdjic, the baby's mother, and Igor the boy, were "good," according to a statement from Prime Minister Ana Brnabic's press office.

"Ana Brnabic is one of the first heads of government whose couple gave birth during the exercise of the function (and the first in the world in a same-bad union)," said the official note, according to EFE today .

Brnabic, 43, became the first woman head of the Serbian government openly in 2017

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, an election that was greeted with optimism because it gave visibility to a discriminated community.

Although the Prime Minister and Djurdjic live together, it is not officially recognized that they are a couple or that they have a child in common and that the newborn is the only son of his biological mother in legal terms.

Serbian media reported that the Brnabic couple had resorted to artificial fertilization last year.

The Europeanist Brnabic was elected Prime Minister on June 30, 2017 and is also the first woman to lead the Serbian executive power.

The constitution of the Balkan country explicitly defines marriage as the union of a man and a woman, and civil unions of people of the same bad are also not recognized.

Same-bad couples are not allowed to adopt children, although singles can do so regardless of their badual orientation.

Serbia has improved its legislation to combat discrimination, inequality and incitement to hatred, but organizations supporting the rights of LGBTI people say that these regulations do not apply and that they are not enforced. much remains to be done to achieve equal rights.

Some activists also criticize the Prime Minister for not advocating more strongly the need to amend legislation to strengthen the rights of this minority.

Telam Agency