birth

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"Is the iPhone Birth Control?" asked a paper published Monday by the National Bureau of Economic Research, delving into why US fertility rates have fallen by 22 percent since 2007.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

Birth certificates were not standardised in Quebec until the 1990s - before that, many births were recorded by the parish in baptismal certificates.

From BBC • May 1, 2026

Birth certificates are also one of the few options to prove a registrant’s identity, but they often do not reflect a married person’s or LGBTQ+ individual’s current legal name once they have changed it.

From Salon • Feb. 13, 2026

The truth, as Luke Epplin argues in “Moses and the Doctor: Two Men, One Championship, and the Birth of Modern Basketball,” was more complicated.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

During the sermon, the priest discussed the miracle of Immaculate Conception and the Virgin Birth.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls