birth certificate
noun
: a copy of an official record of a person's date and place of birth and parentage
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An Indiana state trial court on March 14 ordered her gender be changed on her birth certificate from male to female, but the county health department where she was born did not make the change due to the executive order, according to the complaint.
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Kayla Dwyer, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
Those include lease agreements, employment records and children’s birth certificates.
—Bianca Moreno-Paz, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
The court rejected the state’s argument that changing birth certificates diminishes the accuracy of birth statistics.
—Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 1 July 2025
Adult adoptees will have the right to request their original birth certificates without a court order—known as Andee's Law.
—Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 June 2025
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Kayla Dwyer, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
Those include lease agreements, employment records and children’s birth certificates.
—Bianca Moreno-Paz, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
The court rejected the state’s argument that changing birth certificates diminishes the accuracy of birth statistics.
—Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 1 July 2025
Adult adoptees will have the right to request their original birth certificates without a court order—known as Andee's Law.
—Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 June 2025
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“Birth certificate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/birth%20certificate. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.
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birth certificate
noun
birth cer·tif·i·cate
-(ˌ)sər-ˈtif-i-kət 
: a copy of an official record of a person's date and place of birth and parentage
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