Ghana’s Parliament rescinds passage of anti-LGBTQ+ bill
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on MyJoyOnline
Ghana’s Parliament has rescinded its earlier vote on the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill 2025. Speaker Alban Sumana Bagbin explained on Tuesday 10 November that the legislative drafting department had found inconsistencies with the decisions of MPs. The bill will return to the House for fresh consideration, according to MyJoyOnline.
Ghana’s Parliament has rescinded its decision to pass the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill 2025, an anti-LGBTQ+ text. Its Speaker, Alban Sumana Bagbin, announced this on Tuesday 10 November, after inconsistencies were discovered between the decisions of MPs and the version drafted after the third reading.
According to Bagbin, these inconsistencies were spotted by Parliament’s legislative drafting department. Drafters can correct simple errors, but cannot change decisions made by MPs: the House therefore had to revisit them. The House voted to rescind the decision taken on Friday 29 May 2026 on the third reading.
The bill is to return before MPs for fresh consideration and passage, once the inconsistencies have been resolved, MyJoyOnline reports.
On 24 October, Bagbin promised passage of the anti-LGBTQ+ law.
