"There were four different ways to get an âoriginal birth certificateâ on record in 1961, and they varied greatly in their reliability as evidence. Weâll refer to these as BC1, BC2, BC3, and BC4.
BC1: The original birth certificate could be issued by the attending medical professional at the birth, typically a physician or midwife. They were required to certify to the Department of Health the infantâs name, birth date, identity of the parents if known, and other information. This is how most births were and are recorded, and by far the most likely way Barack Obamaâs birth was documented.
BC2: In 1961, if a person was born in Hawaii but not attended by a physician or midwife, then all that was required was that one of the parents send in a birth certificate to be filed. The birth certificate could be filed by mail. It would obviously be very unreliable and easy to falsify.
The attorney asked the Department of Health what they currently ask for (in 2008) to back up a parentâs claim that a child was born in Hawaii. He was told that all that was required was a proof of residence in Hawaii and pre-natal and post-natal certification by a physician. On follow-up the employee suggested that the pre-natal and post-natal certifications had probably not been in force in the 1960s. Quite literally, <u>Obamaâs âofficial birth certificateâ could have been mailed in from anywhere on the planet</u> if this was true.
BC3: In 1961, if a person was born in Hawaii but not attended by a physician or midwife, then, up to the first birthday of the child, a âDelayed Certificateâ could be filed. It apparently required no more than a statement before a government bureaucrat by one of the parents within the first year of the childâs life.
BC4: If methods BC1, BC2, and BC3 were not used, and the child surpassed the age of one without a certificate, then a original certificate of Hawaiian birth could be issued upon testimony of an adult â including the adult child himself â if the office of the lieutenant governor was satisfied that a person was born in Hawaii.
If the four ways âofficial birth certificatesâ could be issued under 1955 isnât arbitrary and confusing enough, a fifth way to claim an official birth certificate for a child that claims to have been born in Hawaii who is now an adult was added in 1982, at the time a young Barry Obama was in college.
BC5: Under Act 182 H.B. NO. 3016-82, âUpon application of an adult or the legal parents of a minor child, the director of health shall issue a birth certificate for such adult or minor, provided that the proof has been submitted to the director of health that the legal parents of such individual while living without the Territory or State of Hawaii had declared the Territory or State of Hawaii as their legal residence for at least one year immediately preceding the birth or adoption of such child.â In this way âstate policies and proceduresâ accommodate even âchildren born out of Stateâ (this is the actual language of Act 182) with an âoriginal birth certificate on record.â"
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BC1: The original birth certificate could be issued by the attending medical professional at the birth, typically a physician or midwife. They were required to certify to the Department of Health the infantâs name, birth date, identity of the parents if known, and other information. This is how most births were and are recorded, and by far the most likely way Barack Obamaâs birth was documented.
BC2: In 1961, if a person was born in Hawaii but not attended by a physician or midwife, then all that was required was that one of the parents send in a birth certificate to be filed. The birth certificate could be filed by mail. It would obviously be very unreliable and easy to falsify.
The attorney asked the Department of Health what they currently ask for (in 2008) to back up a parentâs claim that a child was born in Hawaii. He was told that all that was required was a proof of residence in Hawaii and pre-natal and post-natal certification by a physician. On follow-up the employee suggested that the pre-natal and post-natal certifications had probably not been in force in the 1960s. Quite literally, <u>Obamaâs âofficial birth certificateâ could have been mailed in from anywhere on the planet</u> if this was true.
BC3: In 1961, if a person was born in Hawaii but not attended by a physician or midwife, then, up to the first birthday of the child, a âDelayed Certificateâ could be filed. It apparently required no more than a statement before a government bureaucrat by one of the parents within the first year of the childâs life.
BC4: If methods BC1, BC2, and BC3 were not used, and the child surpassed the age of one without a certificate, then a original certificate of Hawaiian birth could be issued upon testimony of an adult â including the adult child himself â if the office of the lieutenant governor was satisfied that a person was born in Hawaii.
If the four ways âofficial birth certificatesâ could be issued under 1955 isnât arbitrary and confusing enough, a fifth way to claim an official birth certificate for a child that claims to have been born in Hawaii who is now an adult was added in 1982, at the time a young Barry Obama was in college.
BC5: Under Act 182 H.B. NO. 3016-82, âUpon application of an adult or the legal parents of a minor child, the director of health shall issue a birth certificate for such adult or minor, provided that the proof has been submitted to the director of health that the legal parents of such individual while living without the Territory or State of Hawaii had declared the Territory or State of Hawaii as their legal residence for at least one year immediately preceding the birth or adoption of such child.â In this way âstate policies and proceduresâ accommodate even âchildren born out of Stateâ (this is the actual language of Act 182) with an âoriginal birth certificate on record.â"
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