Russia's Duma votes for law to ban gender reassignment surgery, in further crackdown on LGBTQ rights

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Russia’s Duma votes for law to ban gender reassignment surgery, in further crackdown on LGBTQ rights

By Anna Chernova and Uliana Pavlova, CNN
Updated 4:32 AM EDT, Fri July 14, 2023

(CNN) — The Russian State Duma, or lower house of parliament, has voted in favor of a new law banning nearly all medical help for transgender people including gender reassignment surgery, in a raft of new anti-LGBTQ laws in Russia.

The bill, which had its third and final reading on Friday, prohibits doctors from conducting gender reassignment surgeries, except in cases related to treating congenital physiological anomalies in children. It also restricts registry offices from amending official documents based on medical certificates of gender change.

The law must still be approved by the Federation Council and signed by President Vladimir Putin before it comes into force.

Amendments made for its third reading include disqualifying individuals who have undergone gender changes from becoming adoptive parents or guardians, as well as the possibility of annulling a marriage if one or both spouses undergo a gender change and update their civil status records.

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