Key facts
- Hungary's government will change legislation that effectively banned gay adoption.
- The law was passed in 2020 by Viktor Orban's former government.
- Adoption by gay and lesbian couples was possible until late 2020 if one partner applied as a single person.
- Single people's adoption requests had to be approved by the family affairs minister under the 2020 law.
- Prime Minister Peter Magyar stated that professionals, not politicians, should decide on adoption cases.
- The European Court of Justice ruled in April that Hungary violated EU law with rules restricting LGBTQ content.
BUDAPEST, Sept 12 (Reuters) - 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.