{"id":1971846,"date":"2023-07-13T11:48:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-13T15:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russian-lawmakers-approve-bill-that-bans-transgender-procedures\/"},"modified":"2023-07-13T11:51:15","modified_gmt":"2023-07-13T15:51:15","slug":"russian-lawmakers-approve-bill-that-bans-transgender-procedures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russian-lawmakers-approve-bill-that-bans-transgender-procedures\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian lawmakers pass bill banning transgender procedures."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frussian-lawmakers-approve-bill-that-bans-transgender-procedures%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1971846&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Russian Lawmakers Approve Bill That Bans Transgender Procedures<\/h2>\n<p>Russian lawmakers on Thursday approved a toughened version of a bill that outlaws medical procedures that purport to change a person\u2019s gender.<\/p>\n<p>Added to the bill were clauses that annul marriages in which one person has \u201cchanged gender\u201d and prohibit men or women claiming to be the opposite sex from becoming foster or adoptive parents.<\/p>\n<p>The bill received swift, unanimous approval from Russia\u2019s lower house of parliament, the State Duma, in its key second reading, and lawmakers scheduled the third and final reading for Friday.<\/p>\n<p>There is little doubt that the bill will be adopted amid the Kremlin\u2019s crusade to protect what it views as the country\u2019s traditional values.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arkansas-passes-save-adolescents-from-experimentation-act-to-ban-trans-surgery-puberty-blockers-for-minors\/\" title=\"Arkansas Passes \u2018Save Adolescents From Experimentation Act\u2019 To Ban Trans Surgery, Puberty Blockers For Minors\">bill bans<\/a> any \u201cmedical interventions aimed at changing the sex of a person,\u201d as well as changing one\u2019s gender in official documents and public records.<\/p>\n<p>New clauses added to the bill also amend Russia\u2019s Family Code by listing gender change as a reason to annul a marriage and adding those \u201cwho had changed gender\u201d to a list of people who can\u2019t become foster or adoptive parents.<\/p>\n<p>Lawmakers portray the measure as protecting Russia from \u201cthe Western anti-family ideology,\u201d with some describing gender transitioning as \u201cpure satanism.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Russia seeks to prohibit child adoption for trans persons<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy are we doing this? By hindering Western anti-family ideology, we are saving Russia for future generations \u2014 with its family and cultural values and traditions,\u201d said lawmaker Pyotr Tolstoy.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gxLv1e61EL\">https:\/\/t.co\/gxLv1e61EL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Novaya Gazeta Europe (@novayagazeta_en) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/novayagazeta_en\/status\/1678763986991579137?\">July 11, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It has rattled the country\u2019s transgender community and has drawn criticism not only from LGBT rights advocates but from some in the medical community.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\" class=\"one-half\">\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-question\">Should <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pop-star-lizzo-calls-texas-attempt-to-probe-transgender-medical-procedures-for-minors-child-abuse-stay-out-of-my-body\/\" title=\"Pop Star Lizzo Calls Texas' Attempt to Probe Transgender Medical Procedures for Minors 'Child Abuse': 'Stay Out of My Body'\">transgender medical procedures<\/a> be banned?<\/div>\n<div id=\"pollFormBox\" style=\"display: none\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Yes<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>No<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-disclaimer\">\n\t\tCompleting this poll entitles you to The Western Journal news updates free of charge. You may opt out at anytime. You also agree to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/privacy-policy\/\">Privacy Policy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/terms-service\/\">Terms of Use<\/a>.\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results\" style=\"display: none\">\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-yes\" style=\"width: 100%\">\n\t\t\tYes: 100% (4 Votes)\n\t\t<\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-no\" style=\"width: 0%\">\n\t\t\tNo: 0% (0 Votes)\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Lyubov Vinogradova, executive director of Russia\u2019s Independent Psychiatric Association, called the bill \u201cmisanthropic\u201d in an interview with The Associated Press.<\/p>\n<p>Vinogradova said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russian-lawmakers-approve-bill-that-bans-transgender-procedures\/\" title=\"Russian lawmakers pass bill banning transgender procedures.\">transgender procedures \u201cshouldn\u2019<\/a>t be banned entirely, because there are people for whom it is the only way to \u2026 to exist normally and find peace with themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The pushback against LGBT advances started a decade ago, when President Vladimir Putin first proclaimed a focus on \u201ctraditional family values,\u201d a move ardently supported \u2014 and fueled, to a certain extent \u2014 by the Russian Orthodox Church.<\/p>\n<p>In 2013, the Kremlin adopted legislation banning any public endorsement of \u201cnontraditional sexual relations\u201d among minors.<\/p>\n<p>In 2020, Putin pushed through a constitutional reform that outlawed same-sex marriage.<\/p>\n<p>But the authorities ramped up their rhetoric about protecting the country from the West\u2019s \u201cdegrading\u201d influence after sending troops into Ukraine last year.<\/p>\n<p>Lawmakers moved last year to ban \u201cpropaganda of nontraditional sexual relations\u201d among adults, and by December, positive depictions of LGBT people in movies, literature or media were outlawed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: italic\">The Western Journal has reviewed this Associated Press story and may have altered it prior to publication to ensure that it meets our editorial standards.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/russian-lawmakers-approve-bill-bans-transgender-procedures\/\">Russian Lawmakers Approve Bill That Bans Transgender Procedures<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russian lawmakers have passed a stricter bill banning gender-altering medical procedures. 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