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Bagbin promises passage of Ghana anti-LGBTQ+ bill

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Ghanaian Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin pledges that the Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill will be passed, despite errors that need correcting. MPs are to review the text again at their next session, according to The Ghana Report.

Ghanaian Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin has assured that the Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill, known as the anti-LGBTQ+ bill, will be passed after a further parliamentary review, The Ghana Report says. MPs are to resume consideration of the bill at their next session and correct some errors, he said.

Ghana’s Parliament is due to resume its work on 3 November, according to the previously announced schedule.

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