The Kansas Attorney General filed a motion late Friday in federal court to repeal the requirement to allow transgender people to change their birth certificates, according to the Associated Press.

Republican Attorney General Chris Kovach Is Disputing In 2019 Ruling U.S. District Court Judge Daniel Crabtree, Associated Press report. The judge’s ruling settled a lawsuit over a policy alleged to restrict transgender people from legally changing their name to get a new driver’s license or Social Security card.

Kobach Aims to Block Kansan Transgender Birth Certificate Changes in New Court Petition https://t.co/JRZFKP1cBj

— Kansas City Star (@KCStar) June 24, 2023

Kobach’s Challenge May Face Difficulty Due to US Supreme Court in 2020 decision The Associated Press reports that the Federal Employment Discrimination Act also applies to sexual orientation and gender identity.

Under former Republican Gov. Sam Brownback, Kansas had the toughest laws banning gender changes on birth certificates, according to The New York Times. NBC News. That changed when Brownback’s successor, Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly, pushed for a 2019 deal that would allow transgender people’s documents to reflect their gender identity. (Related: Trans male boxer Patricio Manuel emerges victorious in fight against biological human (again).

Kovac’s move aligns with a new Kansas law, set to take effect July 1, that reversed some of 2019’s policies and was passed by a Republican-controlled Congress in defiance of Kelly’s veto. The Associated Press reported that it does. The newspaper reported that Kovac was “impossible” to comply with the law shortly before midnight on Friday due to Crabtree’s order, and that the state health department responsible for birth certificates was “written by Congress.” We have a duty to enforce the law as we have been told,” he said in a memo.

The Kansas American Civil Liberties Union and LBGTQ rights group Lambda Legal condemned the move. In a June 24 post, Lambda Legal criticized Kobach’s actions as “needless and cruel.” website.

“Mr. Kobach reconsiders the wisdom and downright obscenity of this attempt to weaponize the authority of his office to attack transgender Kansas men trying to live their own lives.” We should,” said Kansas ACLU Executive Director Mika Cubic. press release.

12 states allow individuals to change their identities without confirmation from a medical professional that they’ve had gender reassignment surgery, Capital News report.