Via Orcinus: Various federal legislations are being introduced to change the definitions of U.S. citizenship; currently anyone born on U.S. soil is automatically an American citizen (as are some others, such as Yr. Corresp.), including those children born to immigrants, legal or otherwise. There are those who think this encourages illegal immigrants to come to America and remain on the fringes of society… as opposed to, say, current corporate labour practices.
Via Clevermonkey: the state in which I reside is considering making motherhood outside of marriage illegal, with stiff fines applied to women who bear children out of wedlock or through “assisted” (e.g. surrogate) means. Apparently this will protect children, especially those whose parents will now bear an even higher financial burden.
I want to go home.