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Court: Ohio must allow gender changes on birth certificates
A federal court says Ohio canât keep refusing to allow people to change the gender listings on their birth certificates
By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press
December 16, 2020, 10:29 PM
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COLUMBUS, Ohio Ohio canât keep refusing to allow people to change the gender listings on their birth certificates, a federal court ruled Wednesday.
In response to a lawsuit brought by four transgender people, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio found Ohioâs birth certificate rule imposed by the state Department of Health and the Office of Vital Statistics is unconstitutional.
DHEC to implement digital user-friendly death and birth certificates By Riley Bean | December 18, 2020 at 10:18 AM EST - Updated December 18 at 11:43 AM
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCSC) - Starting in the New Year, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control says they will launch a fully web-based system to generate more intuitive birth and death certificates.
DHEC’s Office of Vital Statistics in charge of the project and they say the system has undergone a multi-level software overhaul to strengthen security and enhance the overall user experience.
These changes will impact the appearance of birth and death certifications to make it easier to locate pertinent information, officials say.
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Court rules Ohio can’t prevent people from changing gender on birth certificates
Updated Dec 17, 2020;
COLUMBUS, Ohio Ohio can’t keep refusing to allow people to change the gender listings on their birth certificates, a federal court ruled Wednesday.
In response to a lawsuit brought by four transgender people, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio found Ohio’s birth certificate rule imposed by the state Department of Health and the Office of Vital Statistics is unconstitutional.
The state was weighing an appeal.
Judge Michael Watson rejected the state of Ohio’s arguments that the policy helped prevent fraud and maintain a historically accurate record of its citizenry. He called such justifications “nothing more than thinly veiled post-hoc rationales to deflect from the discriminatory impact of the policy.”
Court Rules Ohio Must Allow Gender Changes On Birth Certificates
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio found the birth certificate rule imposed by the state Department of Health and the Office of Vital Statistics is unconstitutional.
Julie Carr Smyth
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) Ohio can’t keep refusing to allow people to change the gender listings on their birth certificates, a federal court ruled Wednesday.
In response to a lawsuit brought by four transgender people, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio found Ohio’s birth certificate rule imposed by the state Department of Health and the Office of Vital Statistics is unconstitutional.