Physical and legal sex changes are now outlawed in Russia under a new law passed by the national government.
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed into law Tuesday a bill amending the country’s Family Code to ban “medical interventions aimed at changing the sex of a person.”
The new law also banned alterations to citizens’ passports, identification cards and state registrations.
RUSSIAN LAWMAKERS OUTLAW TRANSGENDER MEDICAL PROCEDURES TO AFFIRM ‘TRADITIONAL VALUES’
Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting of the Presidential Council for Science and Education via a video link at the Kremlin in Moscow. (Photo by MIKHAIL METZEL/SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images)
Lawmakers have framed the legislation as a proactive measure against “Western anti-family ideology.”
The legislation was previously passed through both the upper and lower houses of the Russian Parliament — the State Duma and the Federation Council, respectively.
Additional clauses in the bill designates gender changes as…
