The State Duma has approved a bill in the final reading which would prohibit most medical interventions needed for transitioning
The Russian State Duma, the lower chamber of parliament, has passed legislation that makes sex transitioning in Russia illegal, with a handful of medical exceptions. Lawmakers cited moral obligations to resist the transgender “industry” and foreign influence as reasons for the amendments.
The bill, which was approved in the third and final reading on Friday, bans medical interventions aimed at changing sex, as well as relevant procedures to change the legal status of patients undergoing them.
Some medical facilities will be authorized by the government to perform procedures that are required to treat “congenital physical anomalies in formation of sex in children,” according to the draft law. A medical council will decide whether such intervention is necessary.
The restrictions are necessary to oppose the “destructive” influence on Russian society coming from the West, supporters of the bill explained. (more...)
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