Jens Spahn, a senior member of German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s ruling conservatives, resigned on Saturday after having a baby born through a surrogate mother in the United States, contrary to his own party’s opposition to surrogacy, according to a letter seen by Reuters.

Former Health Minister Jens Spahn of the conservative CDU, who opposed legalizing surrogacy in Germany, has become a father with the help of a surrogate mother in the US.

Jens Spahn, a key ally of Chancellor Friedrich Merz, is stepping down amid a controversy surrounding his decision to have a child via a surrogate mother. He had opposed legalizing…