Judge cites Laci Peterson law in fighting pregnant woman's deportation

Judge cites Laci Peterson law in fighting pregnant woman's deportation

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A federal judge presiding over the case of a pregnant woman fighting deportation to Mexico cited a law enacted after the deaths of Laci Peterson and her fetus to keep the woman in the United States.

Myrna Dick, 29, of the Kansas City suburb of Raymore, is five months pregnant and married to a U.S. citizen. Senior U.S. District Judge Scott O. Wright ruled Thursday that the couple's unborn child was also a U.S. citizen and thereby entitled to legal protection.

In rejecting the federal government's request to lift a temporary stay granted April 30, Wright cited the Unborn Victims of Violence Act of 2004, which grants unborn children equal protection under the law.


http://www.courttv.com/news/2004/0528/deportation_ap.html

The fight to outlaw abortion.

Naming a fetus is as FU'ed up as it is disturbing.

I finally heard someone say the obvious- that one picture of Laci Peterson's smile is the only reason that this has garnered any attention. It happens often (unfortuneately) but they got the perfect situation to, dare I say, politicize it.

to being a container. Thanks for reducing us women to a living ziploc baggie (as long as we've got something inside).

Mark my words.

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who wrote the law were looking for THIS result.

But settled for a first step.

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step had an unintended consequence. I'm sure that they had no idea an illegal alien might get to stay here because of it.

a citizen of the U.S. becomes such at BIRTH. A federal law cannot over-ride the Constitution.

Is there any way this law could be struck down by the Supreme Court/?

There is nothing in the law that says a fetus is a citizen.

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?c108:5:./temp/~c108wqWioC::

It says that if a pregnant woman is assaulted and the assault results in termination of the pregnancy, then the perpetrator can be charged with murder.

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

get pregnant, and stay here?

At conception? After all, if it's legally a person and not a fetus, it's an American conception.

Is her marriage not legal because she was in the U.S. illegally?

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when she was only a legal resident! How stupid. She is married to a citizen and her child will be an American. I am happy that they are using this law to prevent her deportation. Maybe she had left her green card somewhere, or something totally silly like that.