BREAKING: A Montana judge has blocked health officials from enforcing a state rule that would prevent transgender people from changing the gender on their birth certificate.
. He told the state to go back to using a previous rule stating that people wanting to change their birth certificate in Montana needed only to provide an affidavit to the state health department.
The legal dispute comes as conservative lawmakers in numerous states have sought to restrict transgender rights, including with bans on transgender girls competing in girls school sports.Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen led a group of 17 state attorneys general who pushed back on Monday against a Biden administration proposal that would solidify protections for transgender and gay students.
In Montana, the issue of changing a person’s sex designation on their birth certificate has led to a flurry of lawmaking and legal challenges.A 2017 rule issued by the state health department under former Democratic Gov. Steve Bullock eased the process of changing one’s birth certificate.
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