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 ...

Activists are celebrating a decision by Puerto Rico’s Supreme Court to allow nonbinary and gender nonconforming people to update their birth certificates.

Six people from Puerto Rico argued that its current birth certificate policy violated “the right to equal protection under ...

Sanchez attests in the bill memo that reporting sex information is redundant, because it is reported on the U.S. Standard Certificate of Live Birth system, a form used by the National Center for ...