Fashion designers Dolce and Gabbana have apologised for comments they made earlier this year regarding gay people having access to IVF.
Speaking to Vogue, Domenico Dolce said the pair had done some soul searching and regretted the comments they made earlier this year.
“I’ve done some soul-searching. I’ve talked to Stefano a lot about this. I’ve realized that my words were inappropriate, and I apologize. They are just kids,” Dolce said.
The fashion designer said that he appreciates that IVF can help people have families.
“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’s colleague Stefano Gabbana said he personally would like to have children and had considered adoption but current laws in Italy have made it impossible.
It has been reported that Senator Eric Abetz. the government’s leader in the senate, had cited the comments of Dolce and Gabbana as a reason not to support marriage equality when the Australian government debated the issue of a free vote last week.
Senator Abetz has denied the report saying he did not use the couple as an example, but it was his view that not all members of the gay community “have the same view” on the question of marriage.
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