Moral-ethical content of sex change in the history of mankind and modern paradigms of its legal regulation

   The article continues a series of thematic publications on this issue [1, 2]. By Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of 07.05.2024 № 309, in order to ensure sustainable economic and social development of the Russian Federation, strengthen state, cultural, value and economic sovereignty, increase the country's population and improve the standard of living of citizens, based on traditional Russian spiritual and moral values and principles of patriotism, the priority of man, social justice and equality of opportunity, ensuring state security and public safety, openness to the outside world,
national development goals of the Russian Federation for the period up to 2030 and for the future up to 2036 were defined. The phenomenon of transsexualism and gender reassignment is most sensitively manifested within the framework of state family policy as one of the fundamental value bases for preserving the population. Taking into account the need to revise legislation to achieve the targets and fulfill the tasks provided for by Decree № 309, raising the question of the moral and ethical aspects in relation to the natural scientific content of transsexuality, its historical development and modern paradigms of legal regulation of gender reassignment is appropriate and timely.

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