Hungary to scrap Orban-era ban on same-sex couple adoptions, PM Magyar says

Hungary’s government will repeal a 2020 law that effectively banned same-sex couples from adopting children, Prime Minister Peter Magyar announced on Saturday.
The restriction, introduced under former Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s Fidesz-led administration, required adoption requests from single applicants—previously the only pathway for same-sex couples—to be approved by the minister for family affairs, creating a de facto ban. Magyar, who ousted Orban in April after 16 years in power, said the system would change so that decisions are made by professionals, not politicians.
“We can state unequivocally that we will change this system: not the minister, a politician, should decide in such cases, but capable professionals who can determine the conditions in which a small child can have a life that allows them to become a happy and harmonious member of society,” Magyar told a press conference.
The move reverses one of Orban’s most contentious policies, which the European Union’s top court ruled in April violated EU law by stigmatizing LGBTQ+ people. Hungary, an EU member, has never permitted same-sex marriage but recognizes civil unions.
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