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Hungary adopts the Ninth Amendment to the Fundamental Law, defining family as based on marriage of a man and a woman

On 15 December 2020 the National Assembly adopted the Ninth Amendment to the Fundamental Law, writing that the mother is a woman, the father is a man, and the family is based on marriage of a man and a woman, and tightening adoption and public-education clauses later used in the 2021 child-protection statute. In the causal graph this event strengthens Illiberal state capture in Hungary, a driver that weakens Access to justice index — a worsening welfare path.

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On 15 December 2020 the National Assembly adopted the Ninth Amendment to the Fundamental Law, writing that the mother is a woman, the father is a man, and the family is based on marriage of a man and a woman, and tightening adoption and public-education clauses later used in the 2021 child-protection statute. This Fact is that amendment sitting. It is not the 2011 Fundamental Law, not the 2021 statute taken alone, and not a personality. The Assembly bill is the official file; Reuters is the independent contemporaneous file.

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  1. FactHungary adopts the Ninth Amendment to the Fundamental Law, defining family as based on marriage of a man and a woman
  2. strengthensDriverIlliberal state capture in Hungary
  3. weakensIndicatorAccess to justice index

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Factrail. (2026). Hungary adopts the Ninth Amendment to the Fundamental Law, defining family as based on marriage of a man and a woman. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/hu-ninth-amendment-2020

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