Tue Feb 7, 2023 – 10:55 am EST
HELSINKI (LifeSiteNews) – Finnish lawmakers passed an amendment that will allow people to legally “change their gender” once a year.
The Parliament of Finland voted 113-69 in favor of amending the country’s transgender laws.
The new law will enable individuals in Finland who are 18 or older to legally change their gender once per year via self-declaration, without the need for a psychological assessment or prior medical interventions.
Previously, people who wished to change their legal gender were required to undergo medical procedures and prove that they are sterile to legally “transition” into a different gender. The sterilization requirement of the existing law was intended to keep people who suffer from gender dysphoria from having children.
Finland’s pro-LGBT Prime Minister Sanna Marin, who was raised by a lesbian couple (Marin’s mother and her female partner), said that the law was a “very important issue to me personally.”
According to an Associated Press report, the “LGBTI rights advisor” of Amnesty International Finland, Matti Pihlajamaa said, “[b]y passing this act, Finland has taken a major step towards protecting trans people’s rights and improving their lives and right to self-determination.”
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