Dolce & Gabbana apologizes for anti-IVF remarks

Italian fashion designer Domenico Dolce of Dolce & Gabbana has apologized for controversial comments he made opposing gay adoption and in-vitro fertilization (IVF).

“I’ve done some soul-searching,” Dolce told Vogue in an recent interview. I’ve talked to Stefano a lot about this. I realized my words were inappropriate, and I apologize.”

In March the designers, who are both openly gay, came under fire, when Dolce told Italian magazine Panorama "we oppose gay adoptions" and "the only family is the traditional one."

Also he made disparaging remarks about children born via IVF procedures.

“You are born to a mother and a father, or at least that’s how it should be,” he said. “I call children of chemistry, synthetic children. Rented uterus, semen chosen from a catalog.”

The significant public backlash included a call for Dolce & Gabbana boycott from Sir Elton John. Both designers initially defended the comments.

"We talked about our way of seeing reality, but it was never our intention to judge other people's choices,” Gabbana said in an Instagram post at the time. “We do believe in freedom and love."

Dolce made similar statements, saying he was only “talking about my personal view” and “the reality in which I grew up.”

In the interview to the Vogue, both designers expressed a more thorough change of heart.

“You don’t need labels, baby labels. I think everybody chooses for themselves. I don’t know everything about IVF, but I love it when people are happy. It’s like medicine. Science has been put on the table to help people”, Dolce told the magazine.

Source: huffingtonpost.com

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