TOPEKA, Kansas (LifeSiteNews) – Kansas law requires state records such as driver’s licenses and birth certificates that have been revised in accordance with “transgender identity” to be reverted back to accurately recording residents’ biological sex, according to a legal opinion issued Monday by Republican Attorney General Kris Kobach.

SB 180, the Women’s Bill of Rights, passed earlier this year and is set to take effect in July. It establishes a biology-based definition of “woman,” stops biological men from accessing women’s bathrooms and locker rooms, and forbids gender-confused individuals from changing their sex on official government documents.

On Monday, Kobach’s office issued a formal guidance on the law’s legal interpretation, affirming that it “requires the Kansas Department of Revenue to list individuals’ biological sex at birth on driver’s licenses. It requires the Kansas Department of Health and Environment to list a person’s biological sex at birth on birth certificates, and it requires that only biological females be housed in a specific portion of the Topeka Correctional Facility.”

“State records must be accurate and reflect the truth as defined in state law. A birth certificate is a record of what happened at the moment a baby came out of the womb. That baby weighed a specific amount and was a specific sex,” Kobach said. “Similarly, a driver’s license is a state document reflecting a state database for state purposes. It is not a canvas on which a person can paint one’s expression and preferences.”

“Just as I must defend every Kansas law whether I agree with it or not, the governor must execute the law whether she agrees with it or not,” Kobach reminded Democrat Gov. Laura Kelly, who vetoed SB 180 but was overridden by the Republican legislature. “We expect the Governor’s office and her agencies to conform to the law.”

Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach (R) announced that transgender Kansans who legally changed the gender on their drivers’ licenses or birth certificates will soon see them changed back by the state.

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The Associated Press reported that Kelly’s office expressed disagreement with Kobach’s position but did not say whether she would comply with or defy it.

Evidence shows that “affirming” confusion about one’s biological sex carries severe harms, especially when such affirmation takes the form of physically transformative medical procedures. Studies find that more than 80% of children experiencing gender dysphoria outgrow it on their own by late adolescence, and that even full “reassignment” surgery often fails to resolve gender-confused individuals’ heightened tendency to engage in self-harm and suicide — and may even exacerbate it, including by reinforcing their confusion and neglecting the actual root causes of their mental strife.

The Sunflower State’s divided government has seen numerous conservative bills rejected by Kelly only to be forced into law by GOP super-majorities.

Kelly has previously been overridden on laws to guarantee medical care to infants who survive abortions and keep males out of female-specific athletic programs. Republicans are also working to reverse Kelly’s vetoes of legislation to require abortionists to make their customers aware of the option of abortion pill reversal, and to bar abortion providers from obtaining liability insurance via the state’s Health Care Stabilization Fund.