Kansas has prohibited the change of a resident's gender on the residen'ts birth certificate after a legal battle between the attorney general and the state's agencies.

Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach won a lawsuit to stop state agencies such as the Kansas Department of Health and Environment from allowing gender changes on state documents, which was previously allowed for those who believe they are the opposite gender.

The health department is required to comply with the legal victory and posted on its website that "in accordance with Senate Bill (SB) 180, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) can no longer process gender identity amendments to birth certificates."

However, the governing body also noted that those who already changed their gender on their birth certificates do not need to immediately seek new documentation.

"If KDHE previously changed your birth certificate to align with your gender identity, that birth certificate is still valid; however, if a certified copy of that record is requested, then the new copy must reflect the sex assigned at birth."

"The intent of [Kansas legislature] was clear when lawmakers passed the Women’s Bill of Rights. [Kansas] birth certificates are state records that must reflect scientific fact as recorded by the doctor at the time of birth," the attorney general wrote on X.

The intent of #ksleg was clear when lawmakers passed the Women\u2019s Bill of Rights. KS birth certificates are state records that must reflect scientific fact as recorded by the doctor at the time of birth.

— Kris W. Kobach (@Kris W. Kobach) 1694814682

Kansas Senate Bill 180 is the legislation passed in February 2023 that was dubbed the "Women's Bill of Rights." The law declared several official definitions, such as "sex": "an individual’s sex at birth, either male or female."

"A 'female' means an individual whose biological reproductive system is developed to produce ova," the document stated.

A “male” was defined as "an individual whose biological reproductive system is developed to fertilize the ova of a female," while it also stated that a “woman” and “girl” refer to human females.

The law also required that distinctions between the sexes be made clear for athletics, prisons, locker rooms, restrooms, and "other areas where biology, safety, or privacy are implicated that result in separate accommodations."

In April 2023, Democrat Governor Laura Kelly officially issued a veto of the bill and said that it was an economic move.

"Companies have made it clear that they are not interested in doing business with states that discriminate against workers and their families," the governor stated.

"By stripping away rights from Kansans and opening the state up to expensive and unnecessary lawsuits, these bills would hurt our ability to continue breaking economic records and landing new business deals."

However, the Republican-controlled legislature overrode her veto and caused the law to go into effect on July 1, 2023.

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