Russia is developing legislation that would ban child adoption by citizens of countries that recognize the right to change gender, the speaker of the lower house of parliament, or State Duma, Vyacheslav Volodin, said on July 13. The ban concerns states that either allow people to change their gender through medical procedures or on official documents. In a note to the legislation, Volodin wrote that Russia was "essentially implementing a ban on the adoption of children by citizens of NATO countries." The move appears to expand the 2012 legislation known as the Dima Yakovlev law, which bars U.S. citizens from adopting Russian children. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Russian Service, click here.
Russia To Ban Adoption From Countries Recognizing Gender Transition
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