03-21-2012, 05:28 AM
Reading just that article, I'd say the law needs to catch up with reproductive advances and the realities of modern parenting. Why should this woman have to travel to a country where she does not live (the US) so she can pass along her dual citizenship to her children, citizenship that would have been theirs automatically if she had not told the embassy officials that she used in vitro? She didn't have to reveal that, and apparently many people know not to.
And what about foreigners who visit the US, get implanted with embryos from US donors, then go back home? Are those babies entitled to US citizenship? Their bio parents are Americans, after all.
Seems that the law here is just out of date, and not meeting its original intention.
And what about foreigners who visit the US, get implanted with embryos from US donors, then go back home? Are those babies entitled to US citizenship? Their bio parents are Americans, after all.
Seems that the law here is just out of date, and not meeting its original intention.