Russian lawmakers have adopted a bill that bans transgender medical procedures and prohibits people from changing their gender in official documents.
Katie Pavlich, Morgan Ortagus and Jeff Mason discuss how Sweden is set to join NATO while Ukraine must meet conditions before joining on ‘Special Report.’on Friday passed a bill banning transgender medical procedures as lawmakers say they want to protect the country's"traditional values."
In its second reading on Thursday, lawmakers adopted amendments to annul marriages in which one person has"changed gender" and prohibit transgender people from becoming foster or adoptive parents. Lyubov Vinogradova, executive director of Russia’s Independent Psychiatric Association, called the bill"misanthropic" in a phone interview with the Associated Press before the final reading. Gender-affirming procedures"shouldn’t be banned entirely, because there are people for whom it is the only way to ... to exist normally and find peace with themselves," Vinogradova said.
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