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(11,238 posts)Has any "pro-life" advocate who talks rapturously about babies in the womb ever been asked that question?
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,651 posts)Iggo
(47,561 posts)Ignore shiny objects.
Eyes on the prize, people.
bluepen
(620 posts)Im among those who never vote based on this issue one way or another.
boston bean
(36,222 posts)Control her own body.
malaise
(269,094 posts)Suppose I got pregnant in the US - is that child American?
Someone will take them to court.
Mariana
(14,858 posts)Amendment XIV, Section 1 (in part)
All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside.
Perhaps the RWers who claim to believe a fertilized egg is a person, same as you and me, would favor an Amendment to change that wording from born in the United States to conceived there - but I doubt it.
malaise
(269,094 posts)bluepen
(620 posts)and the fetus dies, no charges for anything that happens to the fetus.
Turbineguy
(37,356 posts)"I was born when I was two. And I was alone then."
Tikki
(14,559 posts)children could be starting school as early as 3.5 years old and children's services would
start before birth.
Plus republicans can start ignoring 'a child' sooner once it is designated as a child.
Tikki
aikoaiko
(34,175 posts)This thing called life is ambiguous to the point of being useless.
Cicada
(4,533 posts)I bet Republicans wont like earlier voting, earlier age to start social security benefits.