CNA Staff, May 20, 2020 / 17:36 pm
A bill passed by the Hungarian Parliament this week stipulates that birth certificates and other identification documents must state individuals' sex at birth and cannot be changed based on gender identity.
The legislation was proposed by the Fidesz party, led by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. It passed 133 votes to 57, and now awaits the signature of President János Áder.
Orbán said the bill would help prevent legal ambiguity. An individual's sex would be repalced with the phrase "sex assigned at birth" on official documents and in the national registry.
Advocates of the bill argued that it is impossible to completely change a person's biological sex, and that this reality should be reflected in the civil registry, Forbes reported.