Kommersant: The bill on the ban on gender transition can be sent for additional approval

A bill banning gender reassignment not related to the treatment of congenital physical anomalies may be sent by the State Duma for additional approval to the relevant departments. This became known to the publication “Kommersant”.

The newspaper points out that on the eve of the second reading of the document in parliament, lawyers and doctors working with transgender people wrote a critical review of the draft. In their opinion, the proposed amendments violate the right to life and medical care. They asked to remove the document from consideration.

A Kommersant source notes that the State Duma Council, which will be held on June 28, will most likely decide to send the project for approval to the relevant departments, essentially removing it from the agenda.

According to the explanatory note to the draft law, a change in legislation regarding the issue of gender reassignment is necessary in order to protect traditional family values ​​and the institution of marriage as a union of a man and a woman, as well as to combat unscrupulous medical practice.

Activists, on the other hand, argue that the proposed document is based on information that is not supported by a sufficient evidence base and does not contribute to the achievement of the stated goals, Kommersant writes.

As the executive director of the Independent Psychiatric Association of Russia, Lyubov Vinogradova, noted, the draft law was prepared without any consultation with psychiatrists.

The Ministry of Health told Kommersant that they are in favor of strict regulation in this area. As indicated by the department, there are a number of objective medical situations that must be taken into account, for example, those associated with congenital genetic abnormalities. The issue in each such case should be resolved on the basis of a limited circle of medical organizations of a high expert level, the department said.