Birth certificate; prohibit change of sex on unless verified by medical records that sex of child is not what is shown on.

Summary

The bill would prevent the state registrar from changing the sex listed on a birth certificate unless an error is clearly documented by medical records from the time of birth or confirmed by a physician. It would affect anyone attempting to amend the sex marker on a Mississippi birth certificate, limiting changes to genuine mistakes. The measure did not pass and died in committee.

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