Under the new directive, babies born abroad via surrogacy must first be naturalized in the country of birth, including undergoing a tissue test, before being eligible for an Israeli passport. Avi ...

Living without a birth certificate restricts access to healthcare and education in South Africa. On the continent, more than half of Africa's children under five lack any form of legal identity.

Vikrant Massey revealed he left the religion section blank on his son’s birth certificate, reflecting his family’s inclusive beliefs. He shared that while he follows no singular faith, he ...

The justices ordered lower courts to reconsider transgender cases in light of their recent ruling upholding a ban on transgender care for minors.

After years of allowing people to change their sex on a birth certificate, Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt in 2021 signed an executive order barring the Oklahoma health department from allowing anyone ...

Just days after the Supreme Court’s conservative supermajority upheld Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors in one of its most important cases of the year, the ...

Students in Santa Barbara High School’s groundbreaking Translation & Interpretation Pathway graduated with professional certificates that qualify them to enter the growing field of interpretation and ...

Each week, the Honolulu Star-­Advertiser publishes Oahu statistics for marriage licenses and birth certificates filed with the state Department of Health’s Vital Statistics System. Read more ...