Posted on 07/26/2004 6:15:18 PM PDT by NortNork
Well... this is pretty much an "either/or" question.
We can't have our cake and eat it too...
That sound you hear is the Prolife unstoppable force meeting the Immigration-reform immovable object.
In the words of Charlton Heston (Planet of the Apes): "It's a madhouse! A madhouse!"
WOW! I doubt that the argument will fly, but think of the ramifications if the Federal Courts agree. Imagine a potential father filing to stop an abortion to protect the unborn baby's health.
Was this reprinted from The Onion ??
I say we let her back in and let that stand that the fetus is viable American, establishing that it is a baby and has rights...That would be a win for the anti-abortion stand.
Interesting.
the constitution doesn't concern itself with the beginning
of life; it is merely stating who is and is not a US
citizen. we do NOT kill you if you are not a US citizen.
This could be fun to watch unfold. If the court rules that the unborn child acquired full US citizenship rights just because conception took place in the US; then life begins at conception and Roe v. Wade goes out the window.
She was here illegally. GO HOME!
Please place the phrase "Where it addresses 'natural born citizens,'" in the front of my post.
Looks like the DoI needs to update the tourist visa. "This doucument does not allow the holder to have sex while in the United States"
True but it will be fun to watch the RDDB ACLU types spin on their own petards of "Immigration Rights," "Pro-Choice," and not end up killing "Roe v. Wade" in the process.
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thanks, I think this was posted before.
"Pregnant woman wants re-entry to U.S., lawyers say fetus is citizen ^"
Dems will then claim a pregnant woman's vote counts twice.
"They also say under federal law the fetus is a viable human being ..." Not to confuse the few, but the terms human being and viable are not one and the same notion even though strung together in the article, so if the 'human being' is viable then before he or she is viable, he or she is already a human being. Would one of you defenders of abortion like to explain to this ol' country boy just when that magical attribution begins ... human being?
Not really. According to U.S. law, a child is not a U.S. citizen until it is born. It is conceivable that, even in a pro-life legal framework, children are not citizens until such time as they are born---in which case it would be reasonable to interpret the law such that pregnant women can be deported, even if you grant the fetus is a live human being worthy of equal protection. Clarification might be necessary to satisfy judges, but as the law stands now I think it's reasonable to support deportation here.
Just because you are born (or in this case conceived) here, that SHOULD not be the end all be all when it comes to citizenship. If two foreign citizens, legal or illegal, have a child here, that child should be a citizen of the county his/her parents are from. Why in God's name do we have this insane policy????
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