Sex Error at the City Hall: the Incredible Ordeal of a New-Born Child Facing the State

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The arrival of a child is normally a moment of pure happiness for young parents. Yet, the birth of little Romy was brutally transformed into a real bureaucratic nightmare in French. Following a simple inattention during the declaration of birth at the town hall of Charleville-Mézières, an officer of the civil registry checked the "male" box instead of "female". This blush, which should have been corrected in a few seconds, ran into an absolutely…