Tasmania passes Bill allowing parents to choose whether to include baby’s sex on birth certificate
TVNZ One News 21 November 2018
Family First Comment: Confusion reigns. Apparently doctors can no longer be trusted to determine the sex of your child.
Transgender rights reforms that allow parents to choose whether to include their baby’s sex on a birth certificate are a step closer in Tasmania.
The legislation, put forward by the Labor opposition and the Greens, was voted through the state’s lower house yesterday night after lengthy debate.
The bill also allows people aged 16 years or older to change the sex listed on their birth certificate by filling out a statutory declaration.
The changes were passed by the casting vote of rogue Liberal Speaker Sue Hickey, who voted against her party and with Labor and the Greens.
Liberal Attorney-General Elise Archer believes the amendments are deeply flawed.
“This amended bill contains legally untested, unconsulted and highly problematic changes that we could not support,” she said in a statement.
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