Politics of Union

Russians Are Voting On 206 Reforms. The Most Important One Will Extend Putin's Rule

Putin's plan to hang onto power took shape in January, when he abruptly fired his cabinet and announced the need for sweeping constitutional changes. Exactly how they might affect his own rule became clear only in March, when a senior lawmaker proposed an amendment making it possible for Putin to run two more times.

Chile: Fundación Iguales achieves for the first time the legal recognition of two lesbian mothers

For the first time in Chile, a court declares that a family made up of two women who participated in an assisted reproduction technique must be legally recognized as mothers of their child. With this, the child has the recognition and protection of the same rights that children born in heterosexual families enjoy.