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Russia is banning sex reassignment surgery.
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>The bill on the prohibition of gender reassignment passed in the second reading
>The document introduces a ban on medical workers to perform sex reassignment surgery, except in cases of treatment of congenital physiological anomalies of sex formation in children. Among the authors of the initiative are Viacheslav Volodin and leaders of all factions
>At the plenary session on July 13, a draft law was unanimously adopted in the second reading , establishing a complete ban on the implementation of medical interventions aimed at gender reassignment, as well as excluding state registration of gender reassignment without operations. Almost 400 deputies from all factions headed by the Chairman of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin became its authors .
>Amendments are proposed to be made to the federal laws "On acts of civil status" and "On the basics of protecting the health of citizens in the Russian Federation."
>"Medical workers are prohibited from carrying out medical interventions aimed at changing the sex of a person, including the formation of a person's primary and (or) secondary sexual characteristics of the other sex," the draft law says. The use of medicines for the same purposes will also be prohibited.
>Also, in accordance with the amendments, “medical interventions related to the treatment of congenital physiological anomalies of sex formation in children are allowed by decision of the medical commission of the federal state healthcare institution.” The list of such anomalies will be approved by the Government of the Russian Federation.
>A number of amendments were made to the document for the second reading. So, in particular, after the entry into force of the law, all certificates of sex change, according to which a person has had an operation, but has not yet changed his passport, will be canceled. In addition, according to the law, the change of sex by one of the spouses will be the basis for the annulment of the marriage.
>Also, for people who have changed their gender, a ban will be introduced on the adoption of children and the establishment of guardianship over them.
>The third reading is scheduled for July 14.