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DESCRIPTION:Court rules Indiana may require biological sex on birth certifi
 cates rather than retroactive listings of ‘gender identity’ \nAttorney
  General Todd Rokita praises win for common sense\n\nA federal district co
 urt handed a victory Monday to Indiana’s policy of listing biological se
 x rather than gender identity on birth certificates. The court denied a 
 request by the Americans for Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) for a preliminar
 y injunction against the policy. \n\n"This ruling is a win for truth\, rea
 son and\, of course\, common sense\,” Attorney General Rokita said. “B
 iological sex is an undeniable fact\, not a feeling to be rewritten on off
 icial documents. Indiana will continue standing firm in protecting the int
 egrity of birth certificates\, ensuring they reflect reality\, not ideolog
 y."\n \nEarlier this year\, Governor Mike Braun issued an executive order 
 reiterating that the terms “sex” and “gender” in the Indiana code 
 refer to the biological characteristic of being male or female. To impleme
 nt the order\, the Indiana Department of Health (IDOH) stopped changing bi
 rth certificates to list a person’s gender identity instead of the perso
 n’s sex.   \n\nThis policy change prompted a lawsuit from individual
 s represented by the ACLU.  \n\nThe federal district court declined to p
 reliminarily enjoin Governor Braun’s executive order and IDOH’s policy
 . It rejected arguments that refusing to let a person self-define gender o
 n birth certificates discriminates on the basis of sex\, that transgender-
 identifying persons are a quasi-suspect class\, and that there is a fundam
 ental right to have gender identity listed on birth certificates.   \n
 \nRead the federal court decision here.  \n\nA headshot of Attorney Gene
 ral Rokita is available for download.\n\n###
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SUMMARY:Court rules Indiana may require  biological sex on birth certificat
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