Spain: New gender law approved by Congress

New gender law approved by Congress
By m.p.
Tue, 07 Nov 2006, 23:50

The Justice Commission in Congress has approved a new law which will allow transsexuals to change their name and gender on their DNI national identity document without undergoing sex-change surgery.

The text was passed by all parliamentary groups, except the Partido Popular, after a debate covering 90 amendments. One amendment passed allows lesbian couples to have babies through IVF in-vitro fertilisation treatment.

There are some conditions however: applicants must certify that they have been diagnosed with gender depression, and have been under medical treatment to encourage a change of gender for at least two years.

The bill now goes to the Senate for debate.

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