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Russian Parliament Passes Adoption Ban on Countries That Allow Sex Changes

Russian Parliament Passes Adoption Ban on Countries That Allow Sex Changes

Above: A plane flies over the building of the Russian State Duma (lower house of the Parliament) in central Moscow on September 24, 2024. Image copyright: Natalia Kolesnikova/Contributor/AFP via Getty Images

The Facts

  • Russia's lower Parliamentary chamber, the State Duma, voted 397-1 on Wednesday to ban foreign nationals of countries that allow medical gender transitions, as well as gender changes on official government identification documents, to adopt Russian children.

  • The law, which has already been approved by the Kremlin but still needs to be passed by the upper chamber and signed by Pres. Vladimir Putin, will ban countries that allow "change of sex by medical intervention, including with the use of medicine."The law, which will ban countries that allow a "change of sex by medical intervention, including with the use of medicine." It's expected to be implemented after it passes the upper chamber and is signed by Pres. Vladimir Putin.

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