Indiana’s Attorney General Todd Rokita is arguing against state courts having the power to change a minor’s gender on birth certificates upon a parent’s request for such a change for her 7-year-old child.
The legal battle involves the mother’s petitioning of state courts for more than two years, urging them to change her child’s gender identity on the birth certificate.
The child was born a boy, but has been identifying as a girl since age 2, according to court papers.
Lower courts in the state have held it is not in the best interest of the child to alter the biological gender status on the document.