The American Medical Association Board of Trustees has passed a resolution calling for an end to the designation of sex in all future birth certificates.

The resolution distinguishes between the “Certificate of Live Birth” — which is used for simple data collection and vital statistics — and a “Birth Certificate,” which is proof for the born person that he or she was indeed born.

The AMA wants biological sex recorded for the former as a private matter of record-keeping. But it will now urge that birth-certificate forms carry no designation of sex to prevent future discrimination based on identity and to allow the person to decide later what sex they really are.

The resolution says “Existing AMA policy recognizes that every individual has the right to determine their gender identity and sex designation on government documents. To protect individual privacy and to prevent discrimination, U.S.  jurisdictions should remove sex designation on the birth certificate”.

The AMA is a professional association and lobbying group of doctors and medical students. Founded in 1847, it is the largest such association in the US with over 240,000 members and the only national one. Its mission is to promote the art and science of medicine and the betterment of public health.