  This study analyzes the case of Romanian births, jointly distributed by
age-groups of mother and father covering 1958-2019 under the potential
influence of significant disruptors. Significant events such as anti-abortion
laws application or abrogation, communism fall, and migration and their impact
are analyzed. While in practice we may find pro and contra examples, a general
controversy arises regarding whether births should or should not obey the
Benford Law (BL). Moreover, the significant disruptors' impacts are not
detailed discussed in such analysis. I find the distribution of births is First
Digit Benford Law (BL1) conformant on the entire sample, but mixed results
regarding the BL obedience in the dynamic analysis and by main sub-periods.
Even though many disruptors are analyzed, only the 1967 Anti-abortion Decree
has a significant impact. I capture an average lag of 15 years between the
event, the Anti-abortion Decree, and the start of distortion of the births
distribution. The distortion persists around 25 years, almost the entire
fertility life (15 to 39) for the majority of the people from the cohorts born
in 1967-1968.
