Same-sex couples can adopt in Hungary again under new government
Prime Minister Peter Magyar says Hungary will change a 2020 law. The law blocked adoption by gay and lesbian couples.
Hungary's new government will change a 2020 law that blocked same-sex couples from adopting. Under the old rule, single people needed the minister's approval to adopt.
This was an effective ban on gay and lesbian couples. Peter Magyar ousted Orban in an April landslide.
He said adoption decisions should go to professionals, not politicians. Orban's party also banned gender changes in personal documents.
The European Court of Justice ruled Hungary's rules violated EU law.
- 2020
- Year of restrictive law
- 16 years
- Orban's tenure ended
- April
- Election timing
- European Court of Justice, April
- Court decision
Why it mattersThis reverses years of authoritarian rollback of LGBTQ rights in an EU member state. It restores adoption access for same-sex couples across Hungary.
AustraliaNo direct Australian effect, but the story shows how newly elected governments can quickly reverse anti-LGBTQ legislation in EU democracies.
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