Hungarian PM says decision shouldn’t rest with politicians but ‘professionals’ who can determine where a child can flourish into ‘a happy and harmonious member of society’
Hungary’s government will change legislation passed in 2020 by Viktor Orban’s former government that had effectively banned gay adoption, Prime Minister Peter Magyar said on Saturday.
Adoption in Hungary, a European Union member state, by gay and lesbian couples was possible until late 2020 if one partner applied as a single person.
Under the law passed by Orban’s right-wing Fidesz party in 2020, single people had to have their adoption requests approved by the family affairs minister, which has amounted to an effective ban.
Magyar ousted Orban after 16 years in a landslide election win in April. Changing the system of adoption would be a significant measure to restore LGBTQ rights.
