Adoption – Adopted person’s access to information concerning his or her origins – Access to the identity of the biological mother having declared at birth she did not wish to disclose her identity 

Involuntary termination of pregnancy offence – (the so-called involuntary abortion) – Medical negligence

Abortion and Voluntary Termination of Pregnancy – Minor pregnant women – Request for termination of pregnancy in the first ninety days

Medically Assisted Procreation - Prohibition on the heterologous fertilisation

Abortion and voluntary termination of pregnancy - Termination of pregnancy in the first ninety days of gestation - Minor pregnant woman

Same-sex couple – Marriage between same-sex people

Penitentiary system – Detainees must have conversations under the visual surveillance of custody staff - Alleged impediment to a full emotional relationship between the detainee and the partner, i.e. the spouse or the de facto cohabiting partner

Same-sex future spouses’ request seeking to obtain publication of notice of their intention to marriage - Refusal of the civil registrar since Italian legal system makes no provision for marriage between individuals of the same sex on the grounds that this would be contrary to public order - Refusal to allow persons of homosexual orientation to contract marriage with persons of the same sex

Same-sex couple – Marriage between same-sex people

Medically Assisted Procreation - Possibility of an implantation of up to a maximum of three embryos - The cryopreservation of the embryos is permitted only if the transfer of the embryos into the uterus is not possible due to serious and documented reasons of force majeure relating to the health of the woman which were not foreseeable at the time of fertilisation 

Equality before the law without distinction of sex - Possibility for all citizens, of both sexes, to have equal access to public and elected offices in equal shares 

Protection of working mothers – Termination of pregnancy before the 180th day from the beginning of gestation - Dismissal of the female employee because of regulatory legislation excluding from maternity protection pregnancy that ended before one hundred and eighty days from the beginning of gestation

Paternity denial of child conceived during marriage - Prior proof of the wife's adultery at the time of conception

Crimes against sexual freedom - Performance of sexual acts with a minor younger than fourteen - Ignorance regarding the age of the injured party

Gang rape – Applicabilty of the extenuating circumstance regarding minor offences referred to in the last paragraph of Article 609-bis of the Italian Criminal Code

Right to sexual orientation and identity - Anti-discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation or gender identity rules - Measures regarding employment and social integration for persons who suffer discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation or gender identity

Legitimate children’s surname – Automatic attribution of the father’s surname even if desired otherwise by the parents - Impossibility for the spouses to agree to attribute mother’s surname to their child

Gang rape criminal offence – Applicabilty of the extenuating circumstance regarding minor offences

Maternity allowance in the case of adopted children – Possibility of maternity allowance limited to the mother with exclusion of the father - Unequal treatment

Adoption – Adopted person’s access to information concerning his or her origins – Access to the identity of the biological mother having declared at birth she did not wish to disclose her identity