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Montana defies order on transgender birth certificates
Headline from Wyoming Tribune Eagle, on the newest of 3 developments
Just hours after a Montana judge blocked health officials from enforcing a state rule that would prevent transgender people from changing the gender on their birth certificate, the state said
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Montana adopts permanent block on birth certificate changes
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Montana health department adopts rule severely restricting changes of sex on birth certificates | News Channel 3-12
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Montana defies order on transgender birth certificates
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.
Montana health officials have made permanent a rule that blocks transgender people from changing their birth certificates even if they undergo gender-confirmation surgery.
Montana health officials adopted a new permanent rule on Friday blocking transgender people from changing their birth certificates to match their gender identities.
By Rebekah Riess, CNN Health officials in Montana adopted a proposed rule change Friday pertaining to changing the identification of sex on state-issued birth certificates, which now excludes changes following gender confirmation surgeries.
If the injunction ultimately stands, the state will revert back to a 2017 rule that allowed people in Montana to change their gender on their birth certificate by simply filling out a form
Just hours after a Montana judge blocked health officials from enforcing a state rule that would prevent transgender people from changing the gender on their birth certificate, the state said it would defy the order.
Just hours after a Montana judge blocked health officials from enforcing a state rule that would prevent transgender people from changing the gender on their birth certificate, the state said