Years ago, finding my mother’s birth certificate was a surprise, since the state of Florida did not require birth records until January 1917, and my mother was born before that — 1903. As I looked ...

Americans generally take for granted their right to accurate information on their birth certificate. That is not the case for the nearly 5 million adoptees in this country. Once adopted, the courts ...

When Erin Campbell, of Delaware County, gave birth to her first child six years ago, the newfound responsibilities of motherhood shed light on a problem she'd never given much thought: As an adoptee, ...

A Las Vegas mother is fighting for recognition of her son Thornton Edward Giron. "We only got a death certificate," Jonica Giron said. "No birth certificate. No acknowledgement to his birth at all." ...

For many Americans, birth certificates aren’t just an important identity marker, they are an entry point into many parts of life. But for trans and nonbinary people, birth certificates can be a hurdle ...

Q: I went to the DMV to get my RealID. They said that my birth certificate was expired. What? Bill Claghorn, Benicia A: What indeed. This isn’t a trick-or-treat prank, either. Q: My birth certificate ...

It has recently been revealed that the birth certificate of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's son Archie was changed shortly after his arrival in 2019. The name of his mother was altered in June 2019 ...

Late last month, Oklahoma became the first state in the country to explicitly prohibit a nonbinary gender marker on birth certificates. The legislation not only shows a profound disregard for the ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — At three-and-a-half months, blue-eyed, red-haired Eli Watson is at the center of the latest battle in the Rhode Island legislature over equal-rights for same-sex couples. The ...

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In July 2016, a lawsuit settlement ended the practice of obstructing the issuance of birth certificates to undocumented immigrants' babies in Texas. In November 2016, a number of social media links ...