Tue Jul 25, 2023 – 8:41 pm EDT
MOSCOW (LifeSiteNews) — Russian President Vladimir Putin signed legislation on Monday banning any “medical interventions aimed at changing the sex of a person” except for surgery to treat reproductive organ deformities in children.
The new law prohibits the amendment of official documents and public records to reflect a gender “transition” and forbids people who have attempted to surgically change their sex from becoming adoptive parents or guardians.
It also provides for the ability to annul a marriage if either spouse “changes” their sex, RT reported.
The law’s wording appears to legally exclude the administration of cross-sex hormones in addition to “transgender” surgeries. The legislation takes effect immediately.
Russian lawmakers seek to avoid mirroring recent gender trends in the West, which has seen an explosion in gender transition surgeries within the past decade. Such operations have increased by 50 times over the past 10 years in the U.S., according to State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin.
“This is the path leading to the degradation of a nation,” said Volodin, explaining that Russian lawmakers aim to prevent such a culture.
Russia has had its own rising share of attempted sex “changes.”
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