The ‘unregistered Americans’: because of their parents, they do not exist

Hundreds in the US have no birth certificate or Social Security number. Some covet this ‘off-grid’ status – but it means being barred from ordinary life…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/apr/21/unregistered-americans-sovereign-citizen

 

This one weird trick could stop US women from voting | Arwa Mahdawi | The Guardian

If it became law, the Save Act would require Americans to provide a birth certificate, passport, or other citizenship document to register or re-register to vote. Per one Brennan Center Study, more that 21 million American citizens, many of whom are engaged voters, do not have easy access to these documents. While just over 8% of self-identified white American citizens don't have these documents readily available, the Brennan Center found the number is nearly 11% among Americans of color...

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/31/save-act-voting-arwa-mahdawi 

 

Oklahoma ban on nonbinary birth certificate designations marks new front in anti-LGBTQ battle - The Washington Post

…In a letter last month to governors, the AMA said that "empirical evidence has demonstrated that trans and nonbinary gender identities are normal variations of human identity and expression." The groups note that studies have shown that suicide rates drop when trans people are recognized by their accurate gender identity by friends, family and government officials…

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/04/30/oklahoma-birth-certificate-ban-nonbinary/

Revealed: US citizen newborns sent to Mexico under Trump-era border ban | US immigration | The Guardian

"It has become really clear that the right to life protection of the children is about protecting white, Christian children … not about brown children born to immigrant mothers," Ramos says.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/feb/05/us-citizen-newborns-mexico-migrant-women-border-ban

New Florida law will provide certificates for miscarriages

Florida will become the first state to issue what's essentially a birth certificate to women who've had miscarriages, an idea that received broad support among Democrats and Republicans despite concerns from the National Organization for Women that it was an attempt to define life for fetuses that couldn't survive outside the womb....
https://www.yahoo.com/beauty/florida-law-certificates-miscarriages-140603696.html

The insidious new line in South Dakota’s bill attacking transgender kids

A single word signals a new way of rejecting transgender people....
https://thinkprogress.org/south-dakota-transgender-original-birth-certificate-57b570fa16c4#.6bhlkua3w