After months of defiance, the Department of Public Health and Human Services issued a statement saying it would comply with the order, despite disagreeing with it.
After months of defiance, Montana's health department says it will follow a judge's ruling and temporarily allowThe controversy began in April, when District Judge Michael Moses temporarily blocked a law passed by the Republican-controlled legislature that would require transgender residents to undergo a surgical procedure and obtain a court order before being able to change the sex on their birth certificate.
"Isn't that exactly what happened here?" Moses asked."I'm a bit offended the department thinks they can do anything they want.". At the Thursday hearing, attorneys for the state argued that the April decision blocking the law did not prevent the health department from promulgating new administrative rules.
On Monday afternoon, the Department of Public Health and Human Services issued a statement saying it would comply with the order, despite disagreeing with it. Ebelt did not respond to an email asking when the state might start processing applications. Rate did not know how many people have sought to correct their birth certificate in recent months, but he was aware of people who had contacted the court after the April injunction and up through Monday.
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