(FILES) German Health Minister Jens Spahn (R) and his husband Daniel Funke arrive for the opening ceremony of the annual Bayreuth Festival featuring the music of German composer Richard Wagner on July 25, 2018 at the festival theatre (Richard-Wagner-Festspielhaus) in Bayreuth, southern Germany. A prominent politician from German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's centre-right CDU party has come under fire for having a child through a surrogate pregnancy in the US, despite surrogacy being illegal in Germany. Jens Spahn, the chairman of the CDU's faction in German parliament, recently became the parent along with his husband of a son born to a surrogate mother in the United States, according to German media reports. Spahn's party, however, has strictly opposed making surrogate pregnancies legal in Germany and taken broad stances against the practise. (Photo by Christof STACHE / AFP via Getty Images)

(FILES) German Health Minister Jens Spahn (R) and his husband Daniel Funke arrive for the opening ceremony of the annual Bayreuth Festival featuring the music of German composer Richard Wagner on July 25, 2018 at the festival theatre (Richard-Wagner-Festspielhaus) in Bayreuth, southern Germany. A prominent politician from German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's centre-right CDU party has come under fire for having a child through a surrogate pregnancy in the US, despite surrogacy being illegal in Germany. Jens Spahn, the chairman of the CDU's faction in German parliament, recently became the parent along with his husband of a son born to a surrogate mother in the United States, according to German media reports. Spahn's party, however, has strictly opposed making surrogate pregnancies legal in Germany and taken broad stances against the practise. (Photo by Christof STACHE / AFP via Getty Images)

Festival goers arrive in front of the mainstage during the opening day of the Tomorrowland electronic music festival in Boom, Northern Belgium, on July 17, 2026. (Photo by EMILE WINDAL / Belga / AFP via Getty Images) / Belgium OUT

Attendees cheer on US singer-songwriter Katy Perry as she performs on the first day of the 34th edition of music festival "Les Vieilles Charrues" in Carhaix-Plouguer, western France on July 16, 2026. (Photo by Fred TANNEAU / AFP via Getty Images)

Attendees attend the first day of the 34th edition of music festival "Les Vieilles Charrues" in Carhaix-Plouguer, western France on July 16, 2026. (Photo by Fred TANNEAU / AFP via Getty Images)

Attendees attend the first day of the 34th edition of music festival "Les Vieilles Charrues" in Carhaix-Plouguer, western France on July 16, 2026. (Photo by Fred TANNEAU / AFP via Getty Images)

French-Congolese singer Gims performs during his concert on the first day of the 34th edition of music festival "Les Vieilles Charrues" in Carhaix-Plouguer, western France on July 16, 2026. (Photo by Fred TANNEAU / AFP via Getty Images)

French-Congolese singer Gims performs during his concert on the first day of the 34th edition of music festival "Les Vieilles Charrues" in Carhaix-Plouguer, western France on July 16, 2026. (Photo by Fred TANNEAU / AFP via Getty Images)