The State Duma will prohibit citizens of countries where gender reassignment occurs from adopting children

The State Duma has begun considering a bill banning the adoption of children from Russia by citizens of countries that permit gender transition through medical intervention or changes to identity documents. This was reported by State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin.

"We are, in essence, introducing a ban on the adoption of children by citizens of NATO countries, since the overwhelming majority of them permit gender reassignment at the legislative level," the explanatory note to the document says.

As noted in the bill, the ban is aimed at implementing state policy to eliminate any possibility of adoption of Russian children by representatives of the LGBT community.

The State Duma drafted a bill in May to completely ban adoption of a child by foreign citizens if gender reassignment is permitted in their country. The Russian Orthodox Church proposed introducing such a ban a year ago.