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The head of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Jens Spahn, succumbed to the pressure and stepped down from his position, following backlash of having a surrogate mother in the United States deliver a baby for him and his husband. The reaction from his political peers was homogeneous, both from the opposing parties and from his own. While some wished him well, most made a point about authenticity with Spahn politically being against the practice of surrogacy, even going so far as supporting legislature against it, and then having a child this way all the same. ...

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