Ghanaian anti-LGBTQ bill
| Anti-LGBTQ bill in Ghana | |
|---|---|
| Parliament of Ghana | |
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| Territorial extent | Ghana |
| Legislative history | |
| Committee responsible | Legal and Parliamentary Affairs |
| First reading | 2 August 2021 |
| Considered by the Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee | March 2023 |
| Second reading | 5 July 2023 |
| Third reading | 28 February 2024 |
| Summary | |
| A bill to provide for human sexual rights and family values and for related matters | |
| Status: Expired | |
The anti-LGBTQ bill in Ghana, formally the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, is a proposed law in Ghana that would introduce wide-ranging restrictions on LGBTQ rights. The bill was approved by the Parliament of Ghana on 28 February 2024 with bipartisan support and would only have come into effect if signed into law by then-President Nana Akufo-Addo, since succeeded as president by John Dramani Mahama. The bill lapsed with the dissolution of Ghana's parliament prior to the 2024 Ghanaian general election. In March 2025, a group of 10 MPs reintroduced it as a private member's bill, which must begin the parliamentary process again from the start; President Mahama said that while he supported the principle of the legislation, he would prefer it to be introduced as a government bill rather as a private member's bill.