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by zamnos 1191 days ago
The article was already flagged, so I'll bite.

> 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.

-14th Amendment, United States Constitution.

Whatever you think about fetuses, they haven't been born yet.

A fun party trick is to ask the gathered crowd if they'd prefer that abortion were legal, but unnaturalized residents have no rights, or that abortion isn't legal but all rights are extended to non-citizens.