He Congress of the State of Baja California approved a reform in its civil code that It allows to minors accompanied by the father, mother or guardian, change sex-gender assignment in their birth certificates. In this way, Baja California becomes the sixth federal entity to approve this reform in its Civil Code.
This reform does not promote medical treatment, hormonal and/or surgical but seeks only recognize la person’s self-perception for the free development of its personality.
With this reform, Baja California recognizes a right without imposing an obligation of a change of gender identity The legislative intention is to comply with the ruling of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN) in favor of childhood and trans youth.
The proposal was presented to the State Congress as a Citizen initiative with the aim of combating the violence faced by women trans people from an early age.
For this reason, it is establishes that he The procedure must be agile, expeditious, gratuitous, simple and effective, based primarily on the free and informed consent of the child or adolescent. This procedure should not alter the ownership of the rights and the legal obligations previously contracted or those arising from the relationships of the family right.
In an ordinary session of the Plenary of the Congress of the State of Baja California, the Gender Equality and Youth Commission chaired by the deputy Liliana Michel Sanchez presented the opinion n Number 43, corresponding to the initiative to reform various articles of the Civil Code, Which was approved by majority.
The Gender Equality and Youth Commission held deliberative tables with representatives of the LGBT community and with the accompaniment of the State Commission on Human Rights to rule on the initiative, thus joining the five states which have already approved this reform of the law: Sinaloa, Jalisco, Oaxaca, México City and Morelos.
Source: Alejandro Granados from Publimetro México on 2024-07-03 16:52:57
