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Utah just introduced anti-trans legislation to prevent people from changing the gender on their birth certificate.
But here’s the kicker—and I guarantee a lot of you will yell “what the fuck?!” When you read it.
#TeamLegal
The bill defines female as: “an individual with ovaries who is confirmed before or at birth to have external anatomical characteristics that appear to have the purpose of performing the natural reproductive function of providing eggs and receiving sperm from a male donor.“
I wish I was kidding. https://rewire.news/legislative-tracker/law/utah-vital-statistics-act-amendment-hb-153/ … It is going to get so. much. worse.
Also, shout out to @BrieShea, #teamlegal’s research assassin, who has to wade through all this garbage.pic.twitter.com/dkngytJREg
That’s exactly what I said when I read that. Wtf
What misogynistic hell is this?
Seriously. A woman is defined as someone designed to receive male sperm?
That's what defines a woman? Her service to male sperm?
Do they even have a clue how sexist and hateful that is?
#Sexism
(They do, but that’s kinda their point)
Rep. Merrill Nelson (who is introducing the bill here) has said it's to protect the accuracy and integrity of government documents. But I didn't hear anything about not allowing adoptees to change their name, so....?
I work at a hospital in medical records. At least a quarter of the babies born there have last names that are different from their mothers. If we can keep thousands of babies and moms matched up correctly, Utah should be able to sort out the genders.
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