Russia may ban surgery to change gender under draft bill: TASS

FILE PHOTO: LGBT activists take part in a protest against amendments to Russia's Constitution and the results of a nationwide vote on constitutional reforms, in Moscow, Russia July 15, 2020. The placard reads: "I don't recognise the authority that keeps me from having a family". REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov

(Reuters) - Russia may ban doctors from performing surgery to change people's gender under a proposed new bill, the TASS news agency said on Tuesday, citing a copy of the legislation.

The bill would prohibit medical workers from "performing medical interventions designed to change the sex of a person", TASS said, but exempts surgery to treat congenital anomalies in children.