State agencies should not honor court orders to change the sex on someone’s driver’s license or birth certificate, according to an opinion filed by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Friday.

Eight months after ordering the Texas Department of Public Safety and Department of State Health Services to block transgender Texans from changing the sex on their driver's license to match their gender identity,

In a written opinion issued Friday, Attorney General Ken Paxton questioned the validity of court orders directing state agencies to change a person’s biological sex on driver’s licenses, birth certificates and other identification documents.