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NBCFeb 27
Russian Parliament Passes Adoption Ban on Countries That Allow Gender Reassignment
Above: A plane flies over the building of the Russian State Duma (lower house of the Parliament) in central Moscow on September 24, 2024. Image copyright: Natalia Kolesnikova/Contributor/AFP via Getty Images
The Facts
Russia's lower parliamentary chamber, the State Duma, voted 397-1 on Wednesday to ban foreign nationals of countries that allow medical gender transitions, as well as gender changes on official government identification documents, from adopting Russian children.
The law, which will ban countries that allow a "change of sex by medical intervention, including with the use of medicine," is expected to be implemented after it passes two more readings and the upper chamber and is signed by Pres. Vladimir Putin.
The Spin
Pro-Russia narrative
As Western countries promote their woke agenda under the mask of faux progressivism, Russia stands strong in its defense of both moral and logical values. No matter how hard the West tries to validate its destruction of biology, childhood innocence, and family values, Russia will remain a safe haven for those who wish not to partake in the charade.
Anti-Russia narrative
Given that Russia has already banned its own transgender community from adopting children, it's no surprise that this intolerance has been spread across the world. Trans people are born with — and should be legally protected by — human dignity and rights, a common sense truth that Western Europe has defended in the face of Vladimir Putin's attacks.