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Russian lawmakers back adoption ban on ‘sick’ countries allowing gender reassignment
Moscow has long portrayed itself as a bulwark against liberal values, but that trend has hugely accelerated since the Ukraine war began
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Russia’s parliament on Wednesday voted to back a bill banning the adoption of Russian children in countries that allow gender reassignment, the latest in a series of ultraconservative social measures.
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Moscow has long portrayed itself as a bulwark against liberal values, but that trend has hugely accelerated since the Kremlin launched its Ukraine offensive, further rupturing ties with the West.
The bill would ban citizens of countries that authorise the “change of sex by medical intervention, including with the use of medicine”, or allow individuals to change their gender on official identity documents.
Lawmakers said they wanted to ensure that adopted children would not go through gender-reassignment.
Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin welcomed the advance of the bill.
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“With this law we are protecting the child, we are doing everything for the child not to end up in a country where same-sex marriage and sex change is allowed,” he said.
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