Iowa Gov Launches New Attack On Trans Residents

The Des Moines Register reports:

Gov. Kim Reynolds’ new attempt to enforce conservative values in Iowa, introducing a bill that would define the words “sex,” “man” and “woman” in state law, has raised the hackles of civil rights and LGBTQ groups. It sounds simple, but the bill would have wide-ranging implications, including requiring changes to the way Iowa collects public health data, issues birth certificates and driver’s licenses, and offers anti-discrimination protections.

The bill defines a “female” as a person whose biological reproductive system is developed to produce ova and a “male” as a person whose biological reproductive system is developed to fertilize the ova of a female. The bill says if a person is issued a new birth certificate, driver’s license or non-operator’s ID card following a sex-change operation, the new document will list the person’s sex at birth and their sex following the operation.

Read the full article. Reynolds’ action comes days after the Iowa legislature killed an attempt to legalize anti-trans discrimination.

.@IAGovernor has introduced a bill that would prevent transgender Iowans who have had gender reassignment surgery from simply changing their sex on their birth certificate or driver’s license. https://t.co/zSj8sXDcTn

— Deb VanderGaast (@DebCares4Iowa) February 2, 2024

Kim Reynolds introduces bill defining ‘man’ and ‘woman,’ opponents brand it ‘LGBTQ erasure’ https://t.co/5B8DKhvvaE

— Des Moines Register (@DMRegister) February 1, 2024

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