PHOENIX -- State lawmakers gave final approval Monday to erase the possibility that transgender Arizonans can ever have their birth certificates amended -- a move one advocate said is tantamount to "genocide at its worst."
On paper, the 32-27 party-line vote by the House for HB 2438 would repeal an existing provision in Arizona law stating that those who have submitted to sexual reassignment surgery are entitled to ask the state health department for a new birth certificate that matches their gender.
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