The anti-childfree bill was rejected and sent back for revision.
Such a decision accepted the The State Duma Committee on Family, Women, and Children's Issues also spoke out against the Bashkir parliament's bill. Patriarch Kirill and the Federation Council also spoke out against it.
"Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus' noted that the adoption of the bill in its proposed version would result in a ban on information about the monastic way of life, which excludes childbearing," — the conclusion to the bill says.
At the same time, the committee notes that the initiative “caused a high public resonance,” so the State Duma deputies suggested to their colleagues from Bashkortostan change the text of the bill.
As a reminder, the lower house's relevant committee rejected the first version of the bill in January 2023. It was then sent back for revision. The bill was submitted to the State Duma for a second time in late February.