For decades, California law has required adult adoptees to petition the courts and show “good and compelling cause” to access ...

In the United States, birth certificates usually consist of a Certificate of Live Birth, which is a standard form. Its purpose is to collect information and issue a recognized birth certificate that ...

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 ...

The Louisiana House of Representatives voted Monday night to advance legislation that would allow adults adopted as children to obtain an uncertified copy of their original birth certificate at the ...