TRENTON — A state Senate panel today approved a bill that would require the state Health Department to issue a new birth certificate for people who have gone through the clinical process of ...

Gov. Chris Christie signed a bill into law today that will allow people who were adopted prior to the passage of the legislation obtain their original birth certificates in 2017 ...

New Jersey birth certificates will now include a third, non-binary label come Feb. 1, under a new law that expands transgender rights in the Garden State. News 12 Staff Jan 5, 2019, 12:47 AM ...

TRENTON, N.J. — Adults adopted as children have new rights in New Jersey, thanks to a law that Gov. Chris Christie signed Tuesday. Beginning in 2017, they will be able to request an uncertified ...

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Legislation has advanced that would make it easier for people who have changed their sex and names to get new birth certificates in New Jersey. The bill approved by a state ...

Hyejeong Shin, 29, is accused of showing a forged birth certificate to school officials to attend classes at a New Brunswick High School, according to authorities.

New Jersey adds gender neutral option to birth certificates In addition to male and female, there will be "nonbinary." Jan. 29, 2019, 1:33 PM EST / Source : TODAY ...

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a former Newark city employee has admitted producing fraudulent New Jersey birth certificates that were later sold by a co-conspirator. Cory Cooke, of ...

A new report card offers dozens of metrics on 49 NJ hospitals. The state has improved in maternal outcomes, but big racial disparities continue.

Women in New Jersey will soon be able to buy birth control pills, patches, rings and injectable contraceptives without a prescription, according to state health officials. Under rules adopted May ...