Russian Parliament Passes Adoption Ban on Countries That Allow Gender Reassignment

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, from adopting Russian children.[1][2]
• The law, which will ban countries that allow a "change of sex by medical intervention, including with the use of medicine," is expected to be implemented after it passes two more readings and the upper chamber and is signed by Pres. Vladimir Putin.[2][3]
• According to the State Duma, the banned countries will include NATO member states, with Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin reported last week as saying Austria, Australia, and Argentina will also be included.[3][4]
• This comes as Russia, which previously banned US nationals from adopting its children in 2012, has introduced a series of LGBTQ+ measures, including against what it calls "LGBT propaganda."[1]
• As of the beginning of this year, Russia's children's care homes reportedly house some 358K minors, with six foreign adoptions documented in 2023.[5]

Sources

[1]Reuters [2]South China Morning Post [3]TASS [4]Le Monde.fr [5]Al Jazeera

The Spin

Pro-Russia narrative

As Western countries promote their woke agenda under the mask of faux progressivism, Russia stands strong in its defense of both moral and logical values. No matter how hard the West tries to validate its destruction of biology, childhood innocence, and family values, Russia will remain a safe haven for those who wish not to partake in the charade.

RT International

Anti-Russia narrative

Given that Russia has already banned its own transgender community from adopting children, it's no surprise that this intolerance has been spread across the world. Trans people are born with — and should be legally protected by — human dignity and rights, a common sense truth that Western Europe has defended in the face of Vladimir Putin's attacks.

Ilga