Kansas Attorney General, Kris Kobach, announced a formal opinion that provides guidance on the Women’s Bill of Rights, which becomes law July 1st.
The Women’s Bill of Rights defines a legal definition of “woman” in State Statute. The Attorney General opinion requires the Kansas Department of Revenue to list individuals’ biological sex at birth on driver’s licenses. It requires the Kansas Department of Health and Environment to list a person’s biological sex at birth on birth certificates, and it requires that only biological females be housed in a specific portion of the Topeka Correctional Facility.
Kobach says state records must be accurate and reflect the truth as defined in state law. A birth certificate is a record of what happened at the moment a baby came out of the womb. That baby weighed a specific amount and was a specific sex. Governor Laura Kelly vetoed SB 180, the Women’s Bill of Rights, but lawmakers overrode her veto.
Kobach says he has to defend every Kansas law, whether he likes it or not and he expects Governor Kelly to execute the law whether or not she agrees with it.
