Problem witht that statenment is it wasn’t his BC, it was a cert of live birth.
The “Certificate of Live Birth” is a birth certifcate.
To verify we did indeed have the correct document, we contacted the Hawaii Department of Health, which maintains such records.
Its a valid Hawaii state birth certificate, spokesman Janice Okubo said June 13, 2008, after we e-mailed her our copy.
The Hawaii Department of Health receives about a dozen e-mail inquiries a day about Obamas birth certificate, spokesman Okubo said.
I guess the big issue thats being raised is the lack of an embossed seal and a signature, Okubo said, pointing out that in Hawaii, both those things are on the back of the document. Because they scanned the front you wouldnt see those things.
Okubo says she got a copy of her own birth certificate last year and it is identical to the Obama one we received.
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2008/jun/27/obamas-birth-certificate-part-ii/