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The court argued that the child’s interest in having time with both parents, and the parents responsibilities, didn’t depend on their sexual orientation.

It's the hailed by activists amid efforts by the far-right-led government of Premier Giorgia Meloni to crack down on surrogacy and promote traditional family values.

In May, the constitutional court ruled that two women can register as parents of a child on a birth certificate, saying can’t be restricted to the biological mother alone in families with same-sex parents.

Italy has and has had a ban on surrogacy since 2004. Last year, under the Meloni government, the country expanded the ban to criminalize Italians who go abroad to have children through surrogacy. Monday's ruling addresses women who have gone abroad for legally procured IVF treatments.

As with the May ruling, the association Pro Life and Family criticized the court's decision as “ridiculous,� citing it as further evidence of how “gender craziness� was impacting Italy’s social and legal order.

Lawmaker Alessandro Zan, who has long pushed for greater LGBTQ+ rights in Italy, hailed the ruling as an historic end to an “unjust and cruel discrimination.�

“Justice reminds the government of a simple principle: love is family, and every boy and girl is entitled to the care and protection of both parents, without discrimination,� he said in a social media post.