Montana adopts permanent block on birth certificate changes

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Montana adopts permanent block on birth certificate changes

MATTHEW BROWN
September 9, 2022

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Montana health officials on Friday made permanent a rule that blocks transgender people from changing their birth certificates even if they undergo gender-confirmation surgery.

The move by Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte’s administration comes just days before a court will hear arguments over the legality of a similar rule that’s been in effect on an emergency basis since May. The ACLU of Montana has asked state Judge Michael Moses to strike down the emergency rule.

Moses in April had temporarily blocked a 2021 Montana law that made it difficult for transgender people to change their birth certificate.

The law said people had to have a “surgical procedure” before they could change the sex listed on their birth certificate. Gianforte’s administration then went further and blocked changes to birth certificates even after surgery.

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Read more: https://apnews.com/article/health-gay-rights-montana-billings-government-and-politics-c119c02769f4fb484c246837c8410727

[onecaliberal]

1. Hateful pigs.

[Sanity Claws]

2. How awful!

Do they still change birth certificates when babies are adopted? If so, then would that also be blocked?

[2naSalit]

3. When we were trying to get...

Help with our elections up here, nobody came. Now, we have this. Could have turned blue if we had had some support.

[RKP5637]

4. These creatures are truly psychotic sadists. There is no need for this torture.

Their principle goal is to be injurious to people however they can. It's so damn outrageous and disgusting. They are going after everyone. Women, children, LGBT ... it's endless. I hope they rot in hell.

[keithbvadu2]

5. How permanent? Can't another law change it again?

How permanent?

Can't another law change it again?

[vercetti2021]

6. More meat for the troglodytes

Like who gives a shit what we do with our lives. You're not gonna force us to be conformists fuckers

[yankee87]

7. WTF?

Like you said, who the h-ll does your gender affect anyone else? Unfortunately. cruelty is their go to response. I freaking hate Qpublicans with all my being.