TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas will no longer change transgender people's birth certificates to reflect their gender identities, the state health department said Friday, citing a new law that prevents the state from legally recognizing those identities.
The decision from the state Department of Health and Environment makes Kansas one of a handful of states that won't change transgender people's birth certificates.
They came in response to court filings by conservative Republican state Attorney General Kris Kobach to enforce the new state law.
Under the conservative Republicans who were governor before Kelly, transgender residents also couldn’t change their birth certificates.
A federal judge signed off on a settlement agreement requiring the state to change transgender people’s birth certificates.
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