State Senator Amanda Cappelletti is circulating a memo to the rest of the Senate’s members, asking them to co-sponsor a bill that calls for the removal of sex designation on Pennsylvania birth certificates. Cappelletti is joined in her effort by Senators Katie Muth, Tim Kearney and Lindsey Williams.
The memo claims that removing sex designations on birth certificates is recommended by the American Medical Association, removing sex designations on birth certificates will prevent many problems transgender individuals face by having a different gender identity on this foundational document. This legislation would remove sex from PA birth certificates, but will still insure that an individual’s sex designation at birth continues to be reported through the separate U.S. Standard Certificate of Live Birth system. The AMA notes that “removal of sex designation from the birth certificate would have little to no impact on vital statistics data collected for medical, public health, and statistical purposes.”
Cappelletti represents the 17th Senatorial District which includes all of Lower Merion and Narberth.
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