By Don Jacobson

Hungary's right-wing governing party has introduced a constitutional amendment that would effectively ban child adoptions by same-sex couples. Justice minister Judit Varga, a member of Prime Minister Viktor Orban's ruling Fidesz Party, announced the draft legislation Tuesday, under which Hungary's Fundamental Law would be altered to limit families eligible for adoption to those headed by a man and a woman.

"Hungary protects the institution of marriage as a cohabitation between a man and a woman on the basis of a voluntary decision, as well as the family as the basis for the survival of the nation," the text states.

"The basis of the family relationship is marriage or the parent-child relationship. The mother is a woman, the father is a man."

Although Hungarian law officially bans same-sex marriage, adoptions have sometimes been granted when one partner seeks permission as a single person. The law change, however, would require that only couples can adopt and exceptions would be granted only with express permission from Hungary's minister for family policy. Read more via UPI