Germany’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) has seen a leadership resignation tied to a surrogacy controversy. Jens Spahn, a former German health minister and a senior figure in the CDU, resigns as party chair after it emerged that he and his husband became parents through a surrogate mother in the United States. Sources note that surrogacy is not permitted under current German law and that the CDU opposes legalizing it. The reporting also says Spahn had previously criticized surrogacy, including calling the practice “rented wombs,” and that he did not support changing the ban while he was health minister in 2020. The resignation follows public scrutiny of the perceived mismatch between his past statements and his own personal decision to use surrogacy abroad. The dispute is presented as part of a broader debate in Germany over surrogacy, individual circumstances, and the role of political and party positions in shaping policy. The outlets agree on the core details: Spahn’s resignation, the CDU’s opposition to surrogacy, the legal ban in Germany, and his family’s use of a surrogate in the US.