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The ruling reverses and annuls the decision of the Paris Court of Appeal from Dec. 13, 2021, but only insofar as it relates to penalties and civil interests, all other provisions being expressly maintained, the court said.

The final version annuls marriages when one spouse changes gender and bans adoptions by such couples.

Aside from banning surgery and hormone therapy, the law also prohibits changing gender on official documents like passports, annuls any marriage when a spouse changes gender and bans adoptions by such couples.

It also annuls marriages in which one person has “changed gender” and bars transgender people from becoming foster or adoptive parents.

It also annuls marriages in which one person has “changed gender” and bars transgender people from becoming foster or adoptive parents.