Russia’s parliament backs adoption ban from ‘sick’ countries that allow gender transition

The leigislation would block people from countries that allow people to change gender identity to adopt children. (Image: Unsplash)

Russia‘s parliament has backed legislation that would block people from countries that allow individuals to change their gender identity to adopt children from the country.

The bill, which passed through the parliament on Wednesday (26 September) with an almost unanimous vote, was introduced to protest the country’s “traditional values”, the legislature said.

In order to be written into Russian law, the legislation must be passed through two additional readings and approved before the upper chamber, before it becomes signed by the president, Vladimir Putin.

“With this law we are protecting the child” – Vyacheslav Volodin, chairman of Russia’s State Duma

The bill will ban people from countries that permit “the

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