Montana Restricts Individuals From Changing the Sex on Their Birth Certificates
The state of Montana has implemented a rule banning individuals from changing the sex listed on their birth certificates.
The controversial law is likely to accelerate legal battles that are already being fought in the state. In 2021, Montana passed a law that banned people who identify as transgender from changing their sex on their birth certificate unless they have gone through a surgical procedure. The law was temporarily blocked by a judge.
Although few states have adopted similar legislation, this should be considered a win for scientific truth. Leftists used to make the argument that sex and gender were separate. They would make the distinction that although gender is a societal construct, sex is biological and unchanging. But now, many radical leftists have stopped making that distinction and believe even sex is a construct that can be changed depending on a person’s so-called “gender identity” and will go to great social, financial, and surgical lengths to affirm their delusion.
Proponents of this law will claim that denying a transgender person’s ability to change their birth certificate will result in discrimination and violence. But this law is not intended to discriminate, nor does it. The law actually serves several important purposes. The biggest purpose is simple: society rests on certain fundamental truths and values. A country that abandons truth cannot function; we cannot tell people that biological sex is meaningless and birth certificates can be changed on a whim. Reality needs to exist in the mainstream.
Having birth certificates designate a person’s biological sex also serves important medical purposes. Diagnosis and treatment of a health condition can often be contingent on what a patient’s biological sex in. If this is not communicated properly, it can have negative and even deadly consequences.
The radical transgender activists will point toward the small percentage of cases where a person was declared the wrong sex at birth. But these are rare examples. Nonetheless, the law accounts for this. The law states that a birth certificate can be changed if there is a “data entry error” or it was proven wrong after “chromosomal, molecular, karyotypic, DNA, or genetic testing.”
Trying to change the sex on your birth certificate is as silly as changing the date you were born or who your biological mother is. Your sex is a scientific truth. No feelings or a “change in identity” can change that. The more society is honest with people about that, and the more we refuse to play along with lies and delusion, the better-off American society will be.
