Fri Dec 23, 2022 – 11:13 am EST
(LifeSiteNews) — The Spanish Parliament has passed a bill that allows teenagers to legally “change their sex.”
The controversial law will allow anyone who is 16 or older to change the sex on his or her ID card. In some cases, the bill even applies to children as young as 12.
The legislation was passed on December 22 in a 188-150 vote and will now have to go through the Senate to be approved, according to a BBC report.
The left-wing Podemos party, which is part of Spain’s government coalition, was the driving force behind the transgender bill. The Podemos party’s Equality Minister, Irene Montero, said that the legislation “de-pathologizes“ gender-confused persons and guarantees their “rights.”
Montero claimed that “[t]rans women are women,” and accused critics of the law of “transphobia”.
Up to now, applicants for a change of legal sex needed to be medically diagnosed with “gender dysphoria” and provide proof of hormone treatment for at least two years. Minors also required judicial approval to apply for a change of legal sex.
The new law has been widely criticized, not only by Christians and conservatives but also by
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